mille passuum
Latin
Alternative forms
- m.p., mp (abbreviations)
- mīlle passūs
Etymology
mīlle (“thousand”, indeclinable noun) with the plural partitive genitive of passus (“a pace, stride”). Analogically reformed from the older mīlle passum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmiːl.lɛ ˈpas.su.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmil.le ˈpas.su.um]
Noun
- alternative form of mīlle passūs
Declension
Semi-indeclinable numeral with an indeclinable portion.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mīlle passuum | mīlia passuum mīllia passuum |
| genitive | mīlle passuum | mīlium passuum mīllium passuum |
| dative | mīlle passuum | mīlibus passuum mīllibus passuum |
| accusative | mīlle passuum | mīlia passuum mīllia passuum |
| ablative | mīlle passuum | mīlibus passuum mīllibus passuum |
| vocative | mīlle passuum | mīlia passuum mīllia passuum |
Derived terms
- mīlle (“mile”)
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)