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Dictionary: pas·sim   (păs'ĭm) pronunciation

adv.
Throughout or frequently; here and there. Used in textual annotation to indicate that something, such as a word or passage, occurs frequently in the work cited.

[Latin, from passus, past participle of pandere, to scatter, spread out.]


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[Latin, Everywhere.] A term frequently used to indicate a general reference to a book or legal authority.

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(pas-im)

A word used in footnotes and similar material to indicate that a word or subject occurs frequently. For example, an entry in an index reading “coal: 78-86 passim” means that coal is mentioned throughout pages 78 to 86. Passim is Latin for “throughout” or “here and there.”

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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - adskillige steder

Nederlands (Dutch)
passim (door een heel boek/werk verspreid)

Français (French)
adv. - à travers, souvent

Deutsch (German)
adv. - hier und da

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - απανταχού, παντού

Italiano (Italian)
passim, in vari luoghi del testo

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - aqui e ali

Русский (Russian)
повсюду

Español (Spanish)
adv. - pássim, aquí y allá

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - här o där

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
各处, 到处

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 各處, 到處

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 도처에, 곳곳에

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - 諸所に

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) هنا وهناك, كثير الوقوع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮מופיע פה ושם (בספר)‬


 
 
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