tenus —, n
2 TA-,
a stretched cord, noose
(old).—Hence, acc
absol
., with gen,
to the end, as far as, all the way to, unto, to
: lumborum tenus,
as far as the loins
: laterum tenus, V.: per aquam ferme genūs tenus altam, L.: urbium Corcyrae tenus, L.—As
praep., with abl,
all the way to, as far as, unto
: Tauro tenus regnare: erat pectoribus tenus,
L.: Pube tenus, V.: collo tenns, O.: mediā
tenus alvo, O.: lateri capulo tenus
abdidit ensem, V.: poti faece tenus
cadi, H.—Fig.,
to the extent of, as far as, to
: dando (spectaculum) Modo volneribus tenus, i. e.
without fighting to the death
, L.: nomine tenus, Ta.:
doctrinā ore tenus exercitus, i. e.
only for talking
, Ta.—In the phrase, verbo tenus,
in words, as far as language is concerned
: veteres verbo tenus acute . . . de re p.
disserebant, i. e.
theoretically
: in quos iecit magis hoc consul verbo tenus, quam ut re
insimularet, L.
