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passus

passus, outspread, outstretched, extended, open

passus3, a step, pace

BWL

milia passuum ducenta
two miles

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

passus , ūs, m.: a spreading or stretching; a step, pace, 2.724. (pandō)

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passusque Noun: masculine nominative plural, Noun: masculine nominative singular, Noun: masculine genitive singular, Noun: masculine accusative plural of passus3

passusque Verb: perfect passive participle masculine nominative singular of patior

passusque Verb: perfect passive participle masculine nominative singular of pando2

See passusque in Morpho

passus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of 2. pando.
passus, a, um, Part. of patior.
passus, ūs, m. [from the root pat], a step, pace (cf.: gressus, gradus).
  • I Lit.: hinc campos celerl passu permensa parumper, Enn. ap. Non. 378, 20 (Ann. v. 74 Vahl.); Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 34 (832); 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.—
  • II Transf.
    • A A footstep, track, trace: si sint in litore passus, Ov. H. 19, 27; id. P. 2, 6, 21.—
    • B 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.

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