far, so Copy link Outline 1. hactĕnus (and no farther)2. eātĕnus (requiring always a correl., as, quoad, ut [ne])3. quādamtĕnus (to a certain extent) • far, so or thus: 1. hactĕnus (and no farther): thus f. will I wonder at their slowness, h. admirabor tarditatem eorum, Cic.: often with ellipsis of verb: thus f. to-day: the rest let us postpone till to-morrow, in hunc diem hactenus: reliqua differamus in crastinum, Cic. Rep. 2, 44, fin.: thus f. Aeacides (spoke), h. Aeacides, Ov. It is sometimes foll. by the correl. ut, quoad, quod: hactenus ut, Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 119: h. quoad, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, med.: h. quod, Plin. Ep. 9, 15. 2. eātĕnus (requiring always a correl., as, quoad, ut [ne]): civil right they carried out only so f. as they desired the people to discharge it, civile jus eat. exercuerunt, quoad populum praestare voluerunt, Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 14: at first he interfered only so f. as to prevent anything going wrong, primo eat. interveniebat, ne quid perperam fieret, Suet. Tib. 33: it is also foll. by quatenus: Cels. 3. quādamtĕnus (to a certain extent): it is possible to advance so f., if it is not allowed to go beyond, est quadam prodire tenus, si non datur ultra, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 32.