autem

• autum, autom

UK 16th century. Possibly borrowed from Yiddish אַ (a, “indefinite article”) + טומאה (tume, “church (derogatory); forbidden; impure”).

autem (plural autems)

1. (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A church. [16th–18th c.]

autem (not comparable)

1. (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Married.

   Synonyms: wed, wedded

• [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.

autem

1. instrumental singular of auto

• aũt (scribal abbreviation)

Same source as aut.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.tem/, [ˈäu̯t̪ɛ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈau̯.tem/, [ˈäːu̯t̪em]

autem

1. but

   Synonyms: at, ast, tamen, sed

2. while, however
3. moreover, and, also
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Genesis.1.2:

     Terra autem erat inānis et vacua, et tenebrae erant super faciem abyssī; et spīritus Deī ferēbātur super aquās.

     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
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• sīquidem (Medieval Latin)

• “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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.tɛm/

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• Rhymes: -awtɛm
• Syllabification: au‧tem

autem

1. instrumental singular of auto