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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PASSUS

From Latin: step, pace1.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PASSUS

passus  [ˈpæsəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PASSUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Passus is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PASSUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pace (unit)

A pace was a measure of distance used in Ancient Rome. It was nominally the measure of a full stride from the position of the heel when it is raised from the ground to the point the same heel is set down again at the end of the step. Thus, a distance can be "paced off" by counting each time the same heel touches ground, or, in other words, every other step. In Rome, this unit was standardized as two gradūs or five Roman feet. There were 1000 passus in one mille, and a mille was sometimes referred to as a mille passuum. The Byzantine pace or vema was 2½ feet. A pace in modern terminology is usually taken as being a single step rather than a double step. It has no formal definition but is taken as around 30 inches.

Definition of passus in the English dictionary

The definition of passus in the dictionary is a division or section of a poem, story, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PASSUS


Caucasus
ˈkɔːkəsəs
census
ˈsɛnsəs
colossus
kəˈlɒsəs
consensus
kənˈsɛnsəs
Crassus
ˈkræsəs
cursus
ˈkɜːsəs
Halicarnassus
ˌhælɪkɑːˈnæsəs
Issus
ˈɪsəs
lapsus
ˈlæpsəs
Lassus
ˈlæsəs
Manassas
məˈnæsəs
nexus
ˈnɛksəs
Oxus
ˈɒksəs
Parnassus
pɑːˈnæsəs
Pegasus
ˈpɛɡəsəs
plexus
ˈplɛksəs
risus
ˈraɪsəs
tarsus
ˈtɑːsəs
Texas
ˈtɛksəs
versus
ˈvɜːsəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PASSUS

passive smoking
passive vocabulary
passive-aggressive
passively
passiveness
passivism
passivist
passivity
passkey
passless
passman
Passmore
passout
Passover
passport
passport control
passport holder
passport office
passport photo
password

WORDS THAT END LIKE PASSUS

byssus
cissus
Cnossus
cupressus
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
grass-of-Parnassus
Lemessus
missus
molossus
Mount Parnassus
narcissus
Nessus
polyanthus narcissus
rhoicissus
the missus

Synonyms and antonyms of passus in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «passus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PASSUS

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Translator English - Chinese

passus
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passus
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passus
510 millions of speakers

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passus
380 millions of speakers
ar

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passus
280 millions of speakers

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passus
278 millions of speakers

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passus
270 millions of speakers

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passus
260 millions of speakers

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Passus
220 millions of speakers

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Pasus
190 millions of speakers

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passus
180 millions of speakers

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passus
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passus
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Translator English - Javanese

Passus
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passus
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Translator English - Tamil

கவிதைப்பகுதி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पारस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

passus
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

passus
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Passus
50 millions of speakers

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passus
40 millions of speakers

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passus
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

passus
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

passus
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Translator English - Swedish

passus
10 millions of speakers
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passus
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Trends of use of passus

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PASSUS»

The term «passus» is normally little used and occupies the 110.161 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PASSUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about passus

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PASSUS»

Discover the use of passus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to passus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Penn Commentary on Piers Plowman, Volume 5: C Passus ...
The volumes offer an up-to-date, original, and open-ended guide to a poem whose engagement in its social world is unrivaled in English literature, and whose literary, religious, and intellectual accomplishments are uniquely powerful.
Stephen Barney, 2006
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William Langland's Piers Plowman: The C Version : a Verse ...
Contents. Preface vii Introduction xiii Selected Bibliography xxxi PIERS PLOWMAN I Prologue 3 Passus I 10 Passus II 16 Passus III 23 Passus IV 37 Passus V 43 Passus VI 49 Passus VII 61 Passus VIII 70 Passus IX 80 Passus X 90 Passus XI ...
William Langland, George Economou, 1996
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The Manuscripts of Piers Plowman: The B-version
The standard passus headings are terse, objective, and in Latin: 'passus tercius de visio ut supra' (often even briefer) or 'passus xixus et explicit dobest and incipit dobest'. The exception is H, which is a B-version only through 5.127, whose ...
C. David Benson, Lynne Sandra Blanchfield, 1997
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Piers Plowman
INTRODUCTION CONTENTS VII FURTHER READING XXI NOTE ON THE TEXT XXIII translator's NOTE XXIII Prologue 3 Passus 1 10 Passus 2 16 Passus 3 ^3 Passus 4 34 Passus 5 40 Passus 6 60 Passus 7 70 Passus 8 77 Passus 9 81 ...
William Langland, 1998
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A Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin
Third Conjugation ('-io' Present patior pateris, patere patitur patimur patimini patiuntur Future patiar patieris, patiere patietur patiemur patiemini patientur Pluperfect passus (-a, -um) eram passus (-a, -um) eras passus (-a, -um) erat passi (-ae, ...
John F. Collins, 1985
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Musica Poetica: Musical-Rhetorical Figures in German Baroque ...
PASSUS DURIUSCULUS: a chromatically altered ascending or descending melodic line. The passus duriusculus is only encountered in Bernhard's Tractatus , as are the related saltus duriusculus and cadentia duriuscula. Like these other two ...
Dietrich Bartel
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Will's Visions of Piers Plowman and Do-well
DIVISIONS OF TEXT A Prologue Capitulo primo, upper right-hand тargin in the ink of the roтan folio nuтbering I Passus primus de visione and in left тargin Cap1 ij II Secundus passus de visione also Cap1 iij III Passus tercius de visione also ...
William Langland, George Kane, 1988
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The Vision of William Concerning Piers Plowman: Together ...
CONTENTS. PIERS THE PLOWMAN : Passus I. (231 lines) Passus II. (205 lines) ... Passus III. (252 lines) ... Passus IV. (501 lines) ... Passus V. (196 lines) ... Passus VI. (201 lines) ... Passus VII. (441 lines) ... Passus VIII. (308 lines) Passus IX.
William Langland, Walter William Skeat, 1873
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The Vision of William Concerning Piers Plowman, Together ...
f PAssUs I. (231 lines) l PAssUs II. (205 lines) lii ff Рщпв ш. (252 Нива) :.PAssUs IV. (501 lines) m PAssUs V. (196 lines) 71 .f PAssUs VI. (201 lines) 8'.' PAssUs VII . (441 lines) m " PASSUS VIII. (зов Инее) mo PAssUs IX. (355 lines) I39 PAssUs  ...
William Langland, Walter William Skeat, 1873
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A Companion to Piers Plowman
Most obviously, each version is divided into passus (the word is both singular and plural and means, literally, "steps" in the progress of the narrative). The A text has a prologue and eleven or twelve passus (see pp. 188-89 below); the B text, ...
John A. Alford, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PASSUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term passus is used in the context of the following news items.
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Balmoral: Saturday 7/18 Analysis
(3) SVAYA KNOWS is capable of beating this field with a good setup. (10) REX PASSUS was impressive last start kicking home nicely; threat. «Daily Racing Form, Jul 15»
2
Olympia 2024: Bund gibt plötzlich viel weniger Geld
Da bislang aber ohne gewünschten Zugriff, verweist das BMI sogar auf einen Passus der Gesellschaftervereinbarung: "Eine Nachschusspflicht ... «Berliner Morgenpost, Jul 15»
3
Balmoral: Saturday 6/27 Analysis
(9) REX PASSUS pacing gelding should offer a better price but needs a fast pace to close into for his best chance. (3) GALACTIC STAR has ... «Daily Racing Form, Jun 15»
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Balmoral: Saturday 6/20 Analysis
(8) REX PASSUS just needs a good setup for a chance to sweep past late. (2) GALACTIC STAR could be the sleeper in the race dropping in for ... «Daily Racing Form, Jun 15»
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Asyl: Regierungsspitze übernimmt Quartiersuche
Juli, die einen ähnlichen Passus enthält, wartete die Ministerin nicht. Da Schubhaft bei Asylwerbern, die der Dublin-Verordnung unterliegen ... «derStandard.at, Jun 15»
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Balmoral: Saturday 6/13 Analysis
(4) REX PASSUS was the driver's choice of three and gets sent out for a capable trainer. (9) BET ON HIM has been facing much tougher but ... «Daily Racing Form, Jun 15»
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Verfassungsgericht beanstandet Gesetz zur Aneignung der …
Anstoß nahmen die Verfassungsrichter jedoch an einem Passus, der der kommerziellen Nutzung Priorität über die Erhaltung des ... «Pester Lloyd, Jun 15»
8
Neonazis verstehen Fontane falsch
... die Vergangenheit«, verwendete der Schriftsteller den Passus: »Die Liebe zu dem Fleck, der uns geboren, schließt hundert Kräfte in sich ein. «neues deutschland, Jun 15»
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Geheimabkommen Tisa mit Open-Source-Passus
Klingt harmlos, ist aber brisant: Mit dem Trade in Services Agreement (Tisa) versuchen 50 Staaten Dienstleistungen weltweit zu deregulieren. «Linux-Magazin Online, May 15»
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"Ausnahmesituation": Asylnovelle wurde beschlossen
Abgeändert wurde noch jener Passus, wonach Asylwerber aus der Grundversorgung fliegen können, wenn ihre Anträge nach Ablehnung in ... «DiePresse.com, May 15»

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