oretenus

Latin

Etymology

Univerbation of ōre tenus, literally “up to the mouth”

Adverb

ōretenus (not comparable)

1. (Medieval Latin) by mouth, orally

Descendants

• → English: ore tenus

Further reading

• oretenus, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “os”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC