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Lewis Short
(P. a.) : passus, a, um, Part. and of 2. pando.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
passus (noun M) : from the root pat
* A step, pace (cf.: gressus, gradus).
* 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.
* Transf.
* A footstep, track, trace: si sint in litore passus,Ov. H. 19, 27; id. P 2, 6, 21.
* 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.
* A step, pace (cf.: gressus, gradus).
* 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.
* Transf.
* A footstep, track, trace: si sint in litore passus,Ov. H. 19, 27; id. P 2, 6, 21.
* 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 T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
passus, a, um, Part. of patior.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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