contrapunctus

English

Noun

contrapunctus (plural contrapuncti)

1. (music) A fugue.
   • 2018, Guerino Mazzola, The Topos of Music II: Performance: Theory, Software, and Case Studies:

     The ambitus of the metrical weight profile increases towards the middle of the contrapunctus; minimal local meter length is 2.

Latin

Etymology

From Latin contra + punctus, from the Medieval Latin expression "punctus contra punctum" ("note against note").

Noun

contrāpūnctus m (genitive contrāpūnctūs); fourth declension

1. counterpoint

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	contrāpūnctus	contrāpūnctūs
Genitive	contrāpūnctūs	contrāpūnctuum
Dative	contrāpūnctuī	contrāpūnctibus
Accusative	contrāpūnctum	contrāpūnctūs
Ablative	contrāpūnctū	contrāpūnctibus
Vocative	contrāpūnctus	contrāpūnctūs