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English
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-tim Proto-Italic *-tim English passim Unadapted borrowing from Latin passim (“everywhere, here and there”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
passim (not comparable)
- Used in citations to indicate that something, as a word, phrase, or idea, is to be found at many places throughout the work cited; here and there, throughout.
1751, David Hume, “(please specify the page)”, in An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:The sceptics assert [Sext. Emp. adversus Math. lib. viii.], though absurdly, that the origin of all religious worship was derived from the utility of inanimate objects, as the sun and moon, to the support and well-being of mankind. This is also the common reason assigned by historians, for the deification of eminent heroes and legislators [Diod. Sic. passim.].
Usage notes
- This unadapted English borrowing is typically printed with italic type.
Related terms
Adjective
passim (not comparable)
- (rare) That occurs at various places throughout a text.
1895, J. Marshall, Westminster Gazette, 4, September 2/3:In these passim allusions one often ‘nods’.
Translations
Further reading
- “passim”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-tim Proto-Italic *-tim Latin passim From pandō (“to spread out, to unfold”) + -tim.
Adverb
passim (not comparable)
- everywhere
- Synonyms: ubique, quācumque
- here and there, hither and thither; (at or to different places)
- without distinction, without order, randomly
- Synonym: prōmiscē
- mindlessly, without thinking about it
- Synonym: temere
Descendants
References
- “passim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “passim”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- passim in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- "passim", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “passim”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- far and wide; on all sides; everywhere: longe lateque, passim (e.g. fluere)
Romanian
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-tim Proto-Italic *-tim Romanian passim Unadapted borrowing from Latin passim (“everywhere, here and there”).
Adverb
passim
- passim
Spanish
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-tim Proto-Italic *-tim Spanish passim Unadapted borrowing from Latin passim (“everywhere, here and there”).
Adverb
passim
- passim
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