Definitions for passus

passus pas·sus

Spelling: [pas-uh s]
IPA: /ˌpæs əs/

Passus is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 51 anagrams from letters in passus (apsssu).

Definitions for passus

noun

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

Origin of passus

1565-75; Medieval Latin, Latin: step. See pace1

Examples for passus

The expression used, however, for fathoms is passus, presumably the Roman measure equal to 58.1 inches.

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.

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

This only extends to eleven passus, or less than half of the whole poem, as subsequently written.

Word Value for passus
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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