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‖ oratio|ɒˈreɪʃ(ɪ)əʊ|
[L. ōrātiō, ōrātion-em: see oration n.]
Speech, language. Only in phrases: oratio obliqua [L. fem. of oblīqu-us: see oblique a. 5 b], indirect speech; oratio recta [L. fem. of rect-us straight, direct], direct speech.
1842W. 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. 1876Oratio obliqua, oratio recta [see oration n. 3]. 1929R. Hughes High Wind in Jamaica i. 35 Then she put it into Oratio Recta, told it as a story, beginning with that magic phrase, ‘Once I was in an Earthquake.’ 1957R. 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. 1962Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Oct. 826/2 This involves questions of phraseology, idiom, oratio obliqua, and the adjustment of dialogue to the pace and mood of the narrative. 1968Listener 25 July 120/2 The stilted oratio obliqua of court reportage. |