passim

[ pas-im ]

adverb

, Latin.

1. here and there: used in bibliographic references to indicate that the writer has drawn upon material scattered throughout the source cited.

passim

/ ˈpæsɪm /

adverb

1. here and there; throughout: used to indicate that what is referred to occurs frequently in the work cited

passim

1. A word used in footnotes and similar material to indicate that a word or subject occurs frequently. For example, an entry in an index reading “coal: 78–86 passim” means that coal is mentioned throughout pages 78 to 86. Passim is Latin for “throughout” or “here and there.”

Example Sentences

Only time will tell if the London side can buck the trend this time around, but this year’s Arsenal have shown few signs of being any different to Arsenal’s passim.

From The Guardian

They were incisive and inventive and – in a development wholly uncharacteristic of Scottish sides passim – clinical in attack.

From The Guardian

Some of these cases are described in detail below, passim.

From Project Gutenberg

See also Sonnets passim illustrating and explaining “my papers yellowed with their age,” “my muse,” “my verse.”

From Project Gutenberg

Sic, sik, adv. so, thus—printed within brackets in quoted matter to show that the original is being correctly reproduced, even though incorrect or wrong.—Sic passim, so throughout.

From Project Gutenberg