passus

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passus (plural passuses)

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpas.sus/, [ˈpas.sʊs]

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

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

1. dried

First/second declension.

• Portuguese: passa
• Spanish: pasa

From pandō +‎ -tus.

passus m (genitive passūs); fourth declension

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

Fourth declension.

Perfect active participle of patior.

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

1. suffered, having suffered
2. allowed, having allowed
3. permitted, having permitted

First/second declension.

• passīvus

• 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, 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

From Latin passus (“step”).

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

• passus in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
• passus in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)