passus

[ pas-uhs ]

noun

, plural pas·sus, pas·sus·es.

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

passus

/ ˈpæsəs /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of passus¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of passus¹

C16: from Latin: step, pace ¹

Example Sentences

Most people falling in love with, say, Dido’s Lament by Henry Purcell – apparently the UK’s favourite aria – are unlikely to be getting their kicks from spotting that passus duriusculus; it’s probably not being able to identify the tierce de Picardie at the end of Dvorák’s New World Symphony that makes it endure.

From The Guardian

Skeat, B, passus V, ll. 153-65.

From Project Gutenberg

Propter alteram quid non passus?

From Project Gutenberg

Patricius prædicabat Scotis Passus multos labores in Latio Ut venirent in die judicii Quos convertit ad vitam æternam.

From Project Gutenberg

Maledicat illos Maledicat illum Dei Filius qui pro homine passus est.

From Project Gutenberg