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ore rotundo
[ oh-re roh-toon-doh; English awr-ee roh-tuhn-doh, ohr-ee ]
adverb
- with full, round voice.
Example Sentences
"Graiis eloquium, Gratis dedit ore rotundo, Musa loqui."
When it is pronounced 'ore rotundo' it is susceptible of the most poetic harmony.
I hear his clear, musical voice, rolling out, ore rotundo, the resounding periods of Homer, or the energetic lines of Eschylus.
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."
But he is not a poet who merely reiterates these plain facts ore rotundo.
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