passus
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passus,
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passuses
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of passus
1565–75; < Medieval Latin, Latin: step. See pace 1
Example Sentences
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The expression used, however, for fathoms is passus, presumably the Roman measure equal to 58.1 inches.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
We do not hear the still small voice of pathos and of human hope which thrills through Thomas a Celano's hymn:— Quaerens me sedisti lassus, Redemisti crucem passus: Tantus labor non sit cassus.
From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by Symonds, John Addington
It is, according to you, a little oversight of your principal: 'humanum aliquid passus est.'
From The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg by Hogg, James
With patior and sinō, permit, allow; as,— nūllō sē implicārī negōtiō passus est, he did not permit himself to be involved in any difficulty.
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
And when he came to the gate, as, Leo witnesseth, which is called Sancta Maria ad passus, he met Jesu Christ coming against him, and Peter said to him: Lord, whither goest thou?
From Bible Stories and Religious Classics by Wells, Philip P.
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