German

Noun

Passus m ‎(genitive Passus, plural Passus)

1. passage (section of text or music)

Synonyms

• Abschnitt
• Absatz

English

Noun

passus ‎(plural passuses)

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

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Participle

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

1. dried

Declension

First/second declension.

Descendants

• Portuguese: passa
• Spanish: pasa

Etymology 2

From pandō +‎ -tus.

Noun

passus m ‎(genitive passūs); fourth declension

1. step
2. pace
3. pace: a Roman unit of length equal to 5 Roman feet

Declension

Fourth declension.

Descendants

Etymology 3

Perfect active participle of patior.

Participle

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

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

Declension

First/second declension.

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “passus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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

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

References

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