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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It was with this belief, I suppose, that the writer of a gloss on one of the manuscripts consulted by Cortius, interpreted the words, ultroneam passus est podogram, "he was affected with a voluntary gout."
From Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War by John Selby Watson
Milliare, or Milliarium, that is mille passus, 1000. passes, or 8. furlongs.
From The Way To Geometry by William Bedwell
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 Charles E. (Charles Edwin) Bennett
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 Philip P. Wells
Oswiu, king, 325 Otta, 220 Ottar Vendelcrow, his mound, 343-5, 356; see also Ohthere Panzer, his derivation of the story of Beowulf from the "Bear's-son" folk-tale, 67-8, 369-81 passus of Beowulf, 294 etc.
From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by R. W. Chambers
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