ore rotundo

ore rotundo
ore rotundo Latin, lit. "with round mouth," from ablative of os "mouth" (see ORAL (Cf. oral)) + ablative of rotundus "round" (see ROTUND (Cf. rotund)). From Horace ("Grais ingenium, Grais dedit ore rotundo Musa loqui," in "Ars Poetica").

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