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passus

/pas-uhs/US // ˌpæs əs //UK // (ˈpæsəs) //

隘口,隘路

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pas·sus, pas·sus·es.

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

Examples

  • One of the "passus" is just twice the average length, and 30 lines longer than the one which comes next to it in size.

  • Quærens me sedisti lassus,Redemisti crucem passus;Tantus labor non sit cassus.

  • Gressus is a product of going, but passus, of standing also, if the feet are at the same distance from each other as in walking.

  • The B-text is much longer, containing 7242 lines, with additional passus following after xi.

  • Malpas is said to mean "smooth passage," although the word certainly seems to be a corruption of malus passus, a bad passage.