Explore Passus through 2 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Passus meaning
A section of a long narrative poem; a canto
Using Passus
- The main meaning on this page is: A section of a long narrative poem; a canto
Context around Passus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 33.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Passus
- In this selection, "passus" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 33.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 000 and paces stand out and add context to how "passus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1 000 passus paces five and father and passus from the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "passus" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with passus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A league was considered to be the distance a man could walk in one hour, and the mile (from mille, "meaning thousand") consisted of 1,000 passus (paces, five feet, or double-step). (33 words)
From this notion came the term " Patripassianism " for the movement, from the Latin words pater for "father", and passus from the verb "to suffer" because it implied that the Father suffered on the Cross. (34 words)
From this notion came the term " Patripassianism " for the movement, from the Latin words pater for "father", and passus from the verb "to suffer" because it implied that the Father suffered on the Cross. (34 words)
A league was considered to be the distance a man could walk in one hour, and the mile (from mille, "meaning thousand") consisted of 1,000 passus (paces, five feet, or double-step). (33 words)
Example sentences (2)
A league was considered to be the distance a man could walk in one hour, and the mile (from mille, "meaning thousand") consisted of 1,000 passus (paces, five feet, or double-step).
From this notion came the term " Patripassianism " for the movement, from the Latin words pater for "father", and passus from the verb "to suffer" because it implied that the Father suffered on the Cross.