autem

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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)

  1. (obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) a church [16th-18th c.]

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from autem

Adjective[edit]

autem (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) Married.
    Synonyms: wed, wedded

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from autem

References[edit]

  • Grose, Francis (1788) A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue‎[1], 2nd edition, London: S. Hooper
  • “autem” in Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors, A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant, volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: The Ballantyne Press, 1889–1890, pages 53–54.
  • Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues‎[2], volume 1, pages 79–80
  • Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang. Routledge, 1973. →ISBN.

Czech[edit]

Noun[edit]

autem

  1. instrumental singular of auto

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Confer aut, which may be a modification.

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

autem

  1. but
  2. while, however
  3. moreover, also
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Genesis.1.2
      terra autem erat inanis et vacua et tenebrae super faciem abyssi et spiritus Dei ferebatur super aquas
      And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.
  4. on the other hand, on the contrary, whereas
    • c. 254 BCE – 184 BCE, Plautus, Captivi
      Aristophontes: Quid tu autem? Etiam huic credis?
      Hegio: Quid ego credam huic?
      Aristophontes: Insanum esse me?
      Aristophontes: How’s this? You, too? Do you actually believe him?
      Hegio: Believe him in what?
      Aristophontes: That I’m insane?

Synonyms[edit]

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

Polish[edit]

Noun[edit]

autem

  1. instrumental singular of auto
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