noun · masculinefourth declension
passus
passus m (genitive passūs)
Classical[ˈpas.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈpas.sus]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- masculinestep
- masculinepace
- masculinepace: a Roman unit of length equal to five Roman feet
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
gradus plēnus; mīlle passibus lapis in viā stat.passus -ūs m — in Mille Verba, ch. Via et Iter
gradus itinerispassus -ūs (m) — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 12
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | passus | passūs |
| genitive | passūs | passuum passum |
| dative | passuī | passibus |
| accusative | passum | passūs |
| ablative | passū | passibus |
| vocative | passus | passūs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- a mille passibus
- a mile away.
passus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of 2. pando.
passus, a, um, Part. of patior.
passus, ūs, m. from the root pat,
I. a step, pace (cf.: gressus, gradus).
I. Lit.: hinc campos celerl passu permensa parumper, Enn. ap. Non. 378, 20 (Ann. v. 74 Vahl.); Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 34; Lucr 4, 827; 877; Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 54:
sequiturque patrem non passibus aequis, Verg. A. 2, 724: nec longis inter se passibus absunt, id. ib. 11, 907: rapidis ferri Passibus, id. ib. 7, 156; Ov. M. 11, 64: per litora lentis Passibus spatiari, id. ib. 2, 572: passu anili procedere, id. ib. 13, 533 et saep.: passibus ambiguis Fortuna errat, id. Tr. 5, 8, 15: caelestis (of glory), Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 18.—II. Transf.
B. A pace, as a measure of length, consisting of five Roman feet:
stadium centum viginti quinque nostros officit passus, hoc est pedes sexcentos viginti quinque, Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 85: nec exercitum propius urbem millia passuum ducenta admoverit, Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26; id. Quint. 25, 79; id. Sest. 12, 29.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
passus adj.
P. of pando, outspread, outstretched, extended, open : passis manibus implorare, Cs.: velis passis, under full sail : capillus passus, dishevelled , T.: crinibus passis, L.— Spread out, dried, dry : racemi, V.: lac, boiled milk , O.— As subst n., wine of dried grapes, raisin-wine : passo psithia utilior, V.
passus
P. of patior.
passus ūs (gen plur. rarely passūm, L.), m
1 PAT-, a step, pace : nec terras passibus cuiusquam potuisse peragrari: ferens lassos passūs, O.: sequitur patrem non passibus aequis, V.: passu anili procedere, O.— A footstep, track, trace : si sint in litore passūs, O.— A pace, stride, doublestep (a measure of length, containing five Roman feet), esp. in the phrase, mille passuum, a thousand paces, mile : milia passuum CCXL, Cs.: milia passuum ducenta.
Origins
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)).
Gallo-Romance
- Catalanpas
- Occitanpas
- Englishpacefrom Old French pas
- Frenchpasfrom Old French pas
- Englishpasfrom Old French pas
- Polishpasfrom Old French pas
- Afrikaanspasfrom Old French pas
- Indonesianpasfrom Old French pas
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguesepassofrom Old Galician-Portuguese passo
- Spanishpasofrom Old Spanish passo
- Galicianpasofrom Old Galician-Portuguese passo
- Ladinopasofrom Old Spanish passo
- Ladinoפאסfrom Old Spanish passo
Elsewhere
- Englishpassus
- GermanPassus
- Albanianpash
- Swedishpassus
Insular Romance
- Sardinianpassu
Balkano-Romance
- Romanianpas
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italianpasso
- Dalmatianpuas
- Neapolitanpassu
- Sicilianpassu
- Venetanpaso
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friulianpas
- Romanshpass
Gallo-Italic
- Lombardpass