mille passus
Latin
Alternative forms
- m.p., mp (abbreviations)
- mīlle passuum
Etymology
mīlle (“thousand”) with the partitive genitive of passus (“pace, stride”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmiːl.le ˈpas.suːs/, [ˈmiːl.lɛ ˈpas.suːs]
Noun
mīlle passūs n (genitive mīlle passūs); third declension
- a Roman mile of 8 stadia (“stades”); 1,000 passūs (“paces”); or 5,000 pedēs (“feet”), approximately 4,854 English feet.
Inflection
Third declension adjective with fourth declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mīlle passūs | mīlia passūs mīllia passūs |
| genitive | mīlle passūs | mīlium passūs mīllium passūs |
| dative | mīlle passūs | mīlibus passūs mīllibus passūs |
| accusative | mīlle passūs | mīlia passūs mīllia passūs |
| ablative | mīlle passūs | mīlibus passūs mīllibus passūs |
| vocative | mīlle passūs | mīlia passūs mīllia passūs |
Derived terms
- mīlle (“mile”)
Related terms
References
- mille in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mille” on page 1,109/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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