eatenus

Latin

Etymology

From + tenus.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /eˈaː.te.nus/, [ɛˈaː.tɛ.nʊs]

Adverb

eātenus (not comparable)

  1. so far
    • C. Suetonius Tranquillus, Tiberius :
      ac primo eatenus interueniebat, ne quid perperam fieret.
      at first he went (only) so far as to hinder ill management
  2. hitherto, so long
    • Celsus, De Medicina 2,10:
      (depletura) proximum enim locum primo exhaurit; ex ulterioribus autem eatenus sanguis sequitur, quatenus emittitur
      (blood-letting) extracts blood first from the nearest place and thereupon blood from more distant parts follows so long as the letting out of blood is continued

References

  • eatenus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • eatenus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • eatenus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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