Literary notes about passim (AI summary)
Passim is used as a shorthand marker to indicate that a topic, reference, or discussion appears repeatedly throughout a work rather than being confined to a single passage. It directs readers to various, dispersed mentions without listing each one separately, thereby streamlining navigational and interpretive tasks. This technique can be found in diverse writings—from historical narratives and geographical treatises [1], to religious histories [2] and legal commentaries [3]—as well as in works of literary critique, where authors rely on passim to signal that the reader should search broadly throughout the text for recurring themes [4].
- Pontus, i. 54 , 149 , 216 , 489 , 490 ; ii. 113 , 145 , 285 -320, 386 ; iii. 75 , 77 , 142 , 297 , et passim .
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) by Strabo - He succeeded his father in 670 or 671 ( v. IV, 5 , and for the events of his reign, IV, V , passim ).
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Saint the Venerable Bede - Note 335 ( return ) 335/1 Contracts (2d Ed.), Section 106, and passim.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes - [140] 139 human W, G [141] 140 Tyburn 1692, f. passim
— from The Devil is an Ass by Ben Jonson