passus

American  

[pas-uhs] / ˌpæs əs /

noun

plural

passus, passuses

1. a section or division of a story, poem, etc.; canto.

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passus British  

/ ˈpæsəs /

noun

1. (esp in medieval literature) a division or section of a poem, story, etc

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Etymology

Origin of passus

1565–75; < Medieval Latin, Latin: step. See pace ¹

Example Sentences

Curit acuens mortalia corda, Nec torpere gravi passus fua Regna Veterno.

From An Essay on War, in Blank Verse; Honington Green, a Ballad; the Culprit, an Elegy; and Other Poems, on Various Subjects by Bloomfield, Nathaniel

Dixit, et ex oculis subito, ceu fumus in auras 185 commixtus tenuis, fugit diversa, neque illum, prensantem nequiquam umbras et multa volentem dicere, praeterea vidit; nec portitor Orci amplius obiectam passus transire paludem.

From Readings from Latin Verse With Notes by Bushnell, Curtis C.

Cuius Aristaeo quoniam est oblata facultas, vix defessa senem passus conponere membra, cum clamore ruit magno, manicisque iacentem 125 occupat.

From Readings from Latin Verse With Notes by Bushnell, Curtis C.

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)

One of the "passus" is just twice the average length, and 30 lines longer than the one which comes next to it in size.

From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.