ore rotundo
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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"Graiis eloquium, Gratis dedit ore rotundo, Musa loqui."
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I hear his clear, musical voice, rolling out, ore rotundo, the resounding periods of Homer, or the energetic lines of Eschylus.
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Apples were esteemed an important and valuable article of food in the days of the Romans, for all school boys have read in the ore rotundo of his own flowing measures, what Virgil has said, so much better than his tame translator: "New cheese and chestnuts are our country fare, With mellow apples for your welcome cheer."
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They agreed thoroughly about that, and then whenever they could repeat the formula "I get four pounds per week," they did it ore rotundo.
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I say not that it is the fault of the actor so to do; he must pronounce them ore rotundo, he must accompany them with his eye, he must insinuate them into his auditory by some trick of eye, tone, or gesture, or he fails.
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