LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

eātenus

eātenus (not comparable)
Classical[eˈaː.tɛ.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[eˈaː.te.nus]

Meaning

  1. not comparableso far
    ac primo eatenus interueniebat, ne quid perperam fieret.at first he went (only) so far as to hinder ill managementC. Suetonius Tranquillus, Tiberius
  2. not comparablehitherto, so long
    (depletura) proximum enim locum primo exhaurit; ex ulterioribus autem eatenus sanguis sequitur, quatenus emittitur(blood-letting) extracts blood first from the nearest place and thereupon blood from more distant parts follows so long as the letting out of blood is continuedc. 25 BCE – c. 50 CE, Aulus Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina 2,10

ĕā-tĕnus, adv. is, designates the limit to which an action or condition extends,
I. so far (rare; perh. not before Cic., for in Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 50, the right reading is protenus); followed by quatenus, Cels. 2, 10; Dig. 47, 2, 92: caules lactucae ab imo depurgatos eatenus, qua tenera folia videbuntur, etc., Col. 12, 9, 1; followed by qua, id. 4, 7, 2; id. Arb. 8, 2; Quint. 1, 11, 1.— With quoad: hoc civile, quod vocant, eatenus exercuerunt, quoad populum praestare voluerunt, Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 14; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3; id. Univ. 11.—With ut, to such a degree, to that extent: verba persequens eatenus, ut ea non abhorreant a more nostro, Cic. Opt. Gen. 7 fin.; Cels. 5, 26; Col. 5, 1, 3.—Cf. with ne, Cels. 6, 6; Suet. Tib. 33; Just. 5, 10.—
II. Of time, so long, hitherto (late Lat.), Capitol. Gordian. 22; Oros. 6, 1.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*íh₂
  2. Latineātenus

Latin tenus Latin eātenus From eā + tenus.

Quick answers

What does eātenus mean in Latin?
eātenus, a adverb, means “so far; hitherto, so long”.
How do you pronounce eātenus?
In classical Latin, [eˈaː.tɛ.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [eˈaː.te.nus].
Where does eātenus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *íh₂ → Latin eātenus.