autem

English

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Alternative forms

• autum, autom

Etymology

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

Noun

autem (plural autems)

1. (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A church. [16th–18th c.]
   • 1566, Thomas Harman, A Caveat or Warning for Common Cursetors‎, page 49; republished 1814:

     THESE Autem Mortes be maried wemen, as there be but a fewe: For Autem in their language is a Church, so shee is a wyfe maried at the church, and they be as chaste as a cowe: I haue yt gooeth to bull euery moone, with what bull she careth not.

   • 1610, Samuel Rowlands, Martin Mark-All, Beadle of Bridewell; His defence and the Anſwere to the Belman of London.‎:

     As ſoone as euer the pꝛoclamation was ended, Loꝛd, what a Companie of petitioners pꝛeſſed to the barre to pꝛeferre their papers of iniuries, that were offred and done among themſelues, here one complaines that hee could not trauell ſafely, noꝛ cary any money without danger of the vpꝛight man and Tinker, but that they would robbe and ſpoyle them of all that was ought about them, here another that they could not quietly take their reſt in the night, noꝛ keepe his Autem, oꝛ doxie ſole vnto himſelfe: but that the Ruffler, padder, oꝛ any vpright man, would take them away perfoꝛce, and others that they could not conuerſe, and keepe company with thoſe that they met, but that in the night they are ſure to be Clyd in the night, by the Angler, oꝛ hooker, oꝛ ſuch like pilferers that liue vpon the ſpoyle of other pooꝛe people.

   • 1714, Alexander Smith, The History of the Lives Of the moſt Noted Highway-men, […] ‎, 2nd edition:

     […] but in the mean Time he taught his Pupil a deal of canting Words, telling him Autem was Arabick for a Church; […]

   • 1823, Jon Bee, Sportsman's Slang; a New Dictionary of the terms used in the affairs of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, and the Cock-pit; with those of Bon-ton, and the Varieties of Life; […] ‎:

     Come, I say, who’s a going-out? Autem is over […]

   • 1837, W. Harrison Ainsworth, Rookwood‎, revised edition, page 246:

     Vell, vell, a few minutes will settle that. Come, pals, to the autem ken. Avay. Mind and obey orders.

Derived terms

• autem bawler
• autem cackler
• autem diver
• autem gogler
• autem jet

Adjective

autem (not comparable)

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

   Synonyms: wed, wedded

Derived terms

• autem cove
• autem mort

References

• [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 […], volume 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

Noun

autem

1. instrumental singular of auto

Latin

Alternative forms

• aũt (scribal abbreviation)

Etymology

Same source as aut.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈau̯.tẽː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaːu̯.t̪em]

Conjunction

autem

1. but

   Synonyms: at, ast, tamen, sed

2. while, however
3. on the other hand, on the contrary, whereas
4. and, moreover
   • 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.

5. also, too
   • c. 200 BCE – 190 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

• sīquidem (Medieval Latin)

References

• “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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.tɛm/

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• Rhymes: -awtɛm
• Syllabification: au‧tem

Noun

autem

1. instrumental singular of auto