passus

See also: Passus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin passus, the active participle of pandere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpæsəs/

Noun

passus (plural passuses)

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpas.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpas.sus]

Etymology 1

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

Participle

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

1. spread out
2. dried

   ūva passa ― raisin

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	passus	passa	passum		passī	passae	passa
genitive	passī	passae	passī		passōrum	passārum	passōrum
dative	passō	passae	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
• Italian: passo
• Portuguese: passa
• Sicilian: passu
• Spanish: pasa

Etymology 2

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

Compare typologically Russian шаг (šag) (akin to сяга́ть (sjagátʹ), сажень (saženʹ)).

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.

	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

• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: passu
• Balkano-Romance:
  • Romanian: pas
• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Dalmatian: puas
  • Italian: passo
  • Neapolitan: passu
  • Sicilian: passu
  • Venetan: paso
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: pas
  • Romansh: pass
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Lombard: pass
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: pas
  • Occitan: pas
  • Old French: pas
    • → English: pace
    • French: pas
      • → English: pas
      • → Polish: pas
    • → Middle Dutch: pas
      • Dutch: pas
        • Afrikaans: pas
        • → Indonesian: pas
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: passo, paso
    • Galician: paso
    • Portuguese: passo
  • Spanish: paso
    • → Cebuano: paso
• Borrowings:
  • → Albanian: pash
  • → English: passus
  • → German: Passus
  • → Swedish: passus

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, Vergilius, 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, Ovidius, 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.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	passus	passa	passum		passī	passae	passa
genitive	passī	passae	passī		passōrum	passārum	passōrum
dative	passō	passae	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, 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^[1], 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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], 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

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin passus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpas.sus/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -assus
• Syllabification: pas‧sus

Noun

passus m inan

1. (literary) passage (section of text)

   Synonyms: akapit, fragment, ustęp

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

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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	passus	passus
	definite	passusen	passusens
plural	indefinite	passusar	passusars
	definite	passusarna	passusarnas

References

• “passus”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “passus”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “passus”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• pussas