Tenus, Præpositio, Ablatiuo deseruit, sernper que in singulari postponitur ablatiuo: vt Hctenus, eátenus, quátenus, verbo tenus, ore tenus, capulo tenus. Virg.Nigh, or vp to.Cauda tenus.Cic.Collo tenus supereminet omnes.Ouid.She is higher thã al other by the necke.Credito tenus. Paul. Euen to the summe that is due.Ianua ac limine tenus domum claudit. Tac. Muro tenus. Paul. Euen to the wall.Modò pectore, modò ore tenus extantes. Tac. Porta tenus. Tac. Euen to the gate.Solo tenus. Col. Talo tenus vestigia tingit.Ouid.Vp to the ankles.Antiochus Scipione deuictus Tauro tenus regnare iussus est.Cic.To the mountaine Taurus and no further.Titulo tenus fungi genere aliquo militiæ. Suet. To be in any kind of warfare by name and title only, & not in effect.Verbo tenus.Cic.In worde onely.Viuo tenus. Col. To the quicke.Vmbilico tenus.Liu.Vp to the nausll. In plurali ponitur cum genitiuo, & etiam cum ablatiuo.Virg. Crurum tenus mento palearia pendent. Downe to the legges.Demittere se inguinibus tenus in aquam calidam. Col. Vp to the graines.Labrorum tenus. Lucr. Euen to the lippes.Est quodam prodire tenus, si non datur vltra. Horat. A man may come to a certaine degree, though hee can attaine no further.