oratio obliquan.

Brit.

/ɒˌrɑːtɪəʊ ə(ʊ)ˈbliːkwɑː/,

/ɒˌreɪʃɪəʊ ə(ʊ)ˈblʌɪkwɑː/, U.S.

/ɔˌrɑdioʊ oʊˈblikwɑ/,

/ɔˌreɪʃ(i)oʊ oʊˈblaɪkwɑ/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ōrātiō oblīqua.

Etymology: < classical Latin ōrātiō oblīqua indirect speech < ōrātiō oration n. + oblīqua , feminine of oblīquus oblique adj. Compare oratio recta n.

Grammar.

Indirect speech. Cf. oratio recta n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > narration > direct speech > [noun] > indirect speech

oratio obliqua1842

reported speech1846

reportative1950

1842 W. E. Jelf Gram. Greek Lang. II. iv. 508 The infin. and acc. follows the verb in the oratio obliqua, and then follows a dependent clause in which the verb stands in the oratio recta.

1957 R. Speaight Life H. Belloc ix. 175 Belloc would have been on safer ground if he had covered his quotation by making it clear that he was only giving the sense of Robespierre's words, or if he had abridged them in oratio obliqua.

1968 Listener 25 July 120/2 The stilted oratio obliqua of court reportage.

1991 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 5 Dec. 47/1 Mailer has the good sense not to march these lions on stage but to leave them mostly in the oratio obliqua..of a hard-drinking air hostess named Modene Murphy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oratio obliqua
释义	oratio obliquan. Brit. /ɒˌrɑːtɪəʊ ə(ʊ)ˈbliːkwɑː/, /ɒˌreɪʃɪəʊ ə(ʊ)ˈblʌɪkwɑː/, U.S. /ɔˌrɑdioʊ oʊˈblikwɑ/, /ɔˌreɪʃ(i)oʊ oʊˈblaɪkwɑ/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ōrātiō oblīqua. Etymology: < classical Latin ōrātiō oblīqua indirect speech < ōrātiō oration n. + oblīqua , feminine of oblīquus oblique adj. Compare oratio recta n. Grammar. Indirect speech. Cf. oratio recta n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > direct speech > [noun] > indirect speech oratio obliqua1842 reported speech1846 reportative1950 1842 W. E. Jelf Gram. Greek Lang. II. iv. 508 The infin. and acc. follows the verb in the oratio obliqua, and then follows a dependent clause in which the verb stands in the oratio recta. 1957 R. Speaight Life H. Belloc ix. 175 Belloc would have been on safer ground if he had covered his quotation by making it clear that he was only giving the sense of Robespierre's words, or if he had abridged them in oratio obliqua. 1968 Listener 25 July 120/2 The stilted oratio obliqua of court reportage. 1991 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 5 Dec. 47/1 Mailer has the good sense not to march these lions on stage but to leave them mostly in the oratio obliqua..of a hard-drinking air hostess named Modene Murphy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1842
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