mille passus

Latin

Alternative forms

• m.p., mp (abbreviations)
• mīlle passuum

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmiːl.le ˈpas.suːs/, [ˈmiːlːʲɛ ˈpäs̠ːuːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmil.le ˈpas.sus/, [ˈmilːe ˈpäsːus]

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

Derived terms

• mīlle (“mile”)

Related terms

• mīlliārium
• mīlliārius
• mīllēnārius

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)