oretenus

Latin

Etymology

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

Adverb

ōretenus (not comparable)

(Medieval Latin) by mouth, orally

Descendants

→ English: ore tenus

Further reading

“oretenus”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (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

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