"contrapunctus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

Etymology: From Latin contra + punctus, from the Medieval Latin expression "punctus contra punctum" ("note against note"). Head templates: {{la-noun|contrāpūnctus<4>}} contrāpūnctus m (genitive contrāpūnctūs); fourth declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|contrāpūnctus<4>}} Forms: contrāpūnctus [canonical, masculine], contrāpūnctūs [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], contrāpūnctus [nominative, singular], contrāpūnctūs [nominative, plural], contrāpūnctūs [genitive, singular], contrāpūnctuum [genitive, plural], contrāpūnctuī [dative, singular], contrāpūnctibus [dative, plural], contrāpūnctum [accusative, singular], contrāpūnctūs [accusative, plural], contrāpūnctū [ablative, singular], contrāpūnctibus [ablative, plural], contrāpūnctus [singular, vocative], contrāpūnctūs [plural, vocative]
  1. counterpoint Tags: declension-4
    Sense id: en-contrapunctus-la-noun-X57ZCXtv Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension

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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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    },
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "contrāpūnctus",
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        "nominative",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "name": "la-noun"
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}
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      "form": "contrāpūnctuī",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "contrāpūnctibus",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "contrāpūnctum",
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      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
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    },
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}

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