passus

passus

See also: Passus

English

Etymology

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Noun

passus (plural passuses)

1. A section of a long narrative poem; a canto

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpas.sus/, [ˈpäs̠ːʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpas.sus/, [ˈpäsːus]

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of pandō (“I spread out [to dry]”).

Participle

passus (feminine passa, neuter passum); first/second-declension participle

1. spread out
2. dried

   ūvapassa ― raisin

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	passus	passa	passum		passī	passae	passa
Genitive	passī	passae	passī		passōrum	passārum	passōrum
Dative	passō		passō		passīs
Accusative	passum	passam	passum		passōs	passās	passa
Ablative	passō	passā	passō		passīs
Vocative	passe	passa	passum		passī	passae	passa

Descendants

• Galician: pasa, paso
• Portuguese: passa
• Spanish: paso

Etymology 2

From Proto-Italic *pat-s-tus, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread”). Equivalent to pandō +‎ -tus.

Noun

passus m (genitive passūs); fourth declension

1. step
2. pace
3. pace: a Roman unit of length equal to five Roman feet

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	passus	passūs
Genitive	passūs	passuum passum
Dative	passuī	passibus
Accusative	passum	passūs
Ablative	passū	passibus
Vocative	passus	passūs

Derived terms

• *passō

Descendants

• Albanian: pash
• Catalan: pas
• Dalmatian: puas
• → English: passus
• Friulian: pas
• Galician: paso
• German: Passus
• Italian: passo
• Lombard: pass
• Occitan: pas
• Old French: pas
  • → English: pace
  • French: pas
    • → English: pas
    • → Polish: pas
  • → Middle Dutch: pas
    • Dutch: pas
      • Afrikaans: pas
      • → Indonesian: pas
• Portuguese: passo
• Romanian: pas
• Romansch: pass
• Sardinian: passu
• Sicilian: passu
• Spanish: paso
  • → Cebuano: paso
• Swedish: passus
• Venetian: paso

Etymology 3

Perfect passive participle of patior.

Participle

passus (feminine passa, neuter passum); first/second-declension participle

1. suffered, having suffered, experienced, undergone
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.199:

     “Ō, passī graviōra! Dabit deus hīs quoque fīnem.”

     “Oh, [you who] have suffered heavier [woes]! God will grant an end to this, too.”

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.487-488:

     nec tamen ut prīmus maerē mala tālia passus;
     obruit ingentēs ista procella virōs

     Mourn not as though thou wert the first that had suffered such ills;
     the same storm has borne down many a mighty man.
     1851. The Fasti &c of Ovid. Translated by H. T. Riley. London: H. G. Bohn. pg. 31.

2. allowed, having allowed
3. permitted, having permitted

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	passus	passa	passum		passī	passae	passa
Genitive	passī	passae	passī		passōrum	passārum	passōrum
Dative	passō		passō		passīs
Accusative	passum	passam	passum		passōs	passās	passa
Ablative	passō	passā	passō		passīs
Vocative	passe	passa	passum		passī	passae	passa

Derived terms

• passīvus

References

• “1. passus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “2. passus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “passus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• passus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• passus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a mile away: a mille passibus
    
  • with dishevelled hair: passis crinibus
    
• “passus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• passus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “passus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin passus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpas.sus/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -assus
• Syllabification: pas‧sus

Noun

passus m inan

1. passage (section of text)

   Synonyms: ustęp, fragment, akapit

Declension

Declension of passus

	singular	plural
nominative	passus	passusy
genitive	passusu	passusów
dative	passusowi	passusom
accusative	passus	passusy
instrumental	passusem	passusami
locative	passusie	passusach
vocative	passusie	passusy

Further reading

• passus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• passus in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Swedish

Etymology

From Latin passus (“step”).

Noun

passus c

1. A short section (e.g. a few connected words or sentences) of a written or oral presentation; a "passage" (in a book, etc.); an "item" (of a presentation)
2. A short elaboration on an item of a presentation not belonging to the main subject

Inflection

Declension of passus
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	passus	passusen	passusar	passusarna
Genitive	passus	passusens	passusars	passusarnas

References

• passus in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• passus in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• pussas