eatenus

Latin

Etymology

From eā +‎ tenus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eˈaː.te.nus/, [eˈäːt̪ɛnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈa.te.nus/, [eˈäːt̪enus]

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.