passus

/pas-uhs/US // ˌpæs əs //UK // (ˈpæsəs) //

隘口,隘路

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural pas·sus, pas·sus·es.
- : a section or division of a story, poem, etc.; canto.

One of the "passus" is just twice the average length, and 30 lines longer than the one which comes next to it in size.
Quærens me sedisti lassus,Redemisti crucem passus;Tantus labor non sit cassus.
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.
The B-text is much longer, containing 7242 lines, with additional passus following after xi.
Malpas is said to mean "smooth passage," although the word certainly seems to be a corruption of malus passus, a bad passage.