passus
/pas-uhs/US // ˌpæs əs //UK // (ˈpæsəs) //
隘口,隘路
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 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.
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