autem
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
UK 16th century. Possibly borrowed from Yiddish אַ (a, “indefinite article”) + טומאה (tume, “church (derogatory); forbidden; impure”).
Noun edit
autem (plural autems)
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A church. [16th–18th c.]
Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
autem (not comparable)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- [Francis Grose] (1788) “Autem”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition, London: […] S. Hooper, […], →OCLC.
- Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “autem”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volumes I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, pages 53–54.
- John S[tephen] Farmer, compiler (1890) “autem”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume I, [London: […] Thomas Poulter and Sons] […], →OCLC, pages 79–80.
- Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang. Routledge, 1973. →ISBN.
Czech edit
Noun edit
autem
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
- aũt (scribal abbreviation)
Etymology edit
Same source as aut.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.tem/, [ˈäu̯t̪ɛ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.tem/, [ˈäːu̯t̪em]
Conjunction edit
autem
- but
- while, however
- moreover, and, also
- on the other hand, on the contrary, whereas
- bad argument #1 to 'lc' (string expected, got nil)
Synonyms edit
- sīquidem (Medieval Latin)
References edit
- “autem”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “autem”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- autem in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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autem