mille passus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

mīlle (thousand, indeclinable numeral) + the nominative plural of passus (a pace, stride).

Pronunciation

Noun

mīlle passūs m pl (genitive mīlle passuum); fourth declension

  1. a Roman mile of 8 stadia (stades); 1,000 passūs (paces); or 5,000 pedēs (feet), approximately 4,854 English feet.

Declension

Indeclinable portion with a fourth-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative mīlle passūs
Genitive mīlle passuum
Dative mīlle passibus
Accusative mīlle passūs
Ablative mīlle passibus
Vocative mīlle passūs

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