English

Alternative forms

• orat. obliq. (abbreviation)

Noun

oratio obliqua ‎(plural orationes obliquae)

1. Latin expression for indirect speech/indirect statements
   • That'-clauses in indirect speech or oratio obliqua' are of course cases where I report what someone else or myself elsewhen or elsewhere did say [...]. - "How To Do Things With Words" (1962) by JL Austin (OUP paperback edition, 70-71)

Related terms

• oratio directa