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Latin
Etymology
Univerbation of ōre tenus, literally “up to the mouth”
Adverb
ōretenus (not comparable)
- (Medieval Latin) by mouth, orally
Descendants
Further reading
- “oretenus”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “os”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC