contrapunctus in Latin

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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]

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  "etymology_text": "From Latin contra + punctus, from the Medieval Latin expression \"punctus contra punctum\" (\"note against note\").",
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    },
    {
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        "genitive"
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contrāpūnctus",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "contrāpūnctūs",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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      "form": "contrāpūnctuī",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "contrāpūnctibus",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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        "accusative",
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    },
    {
      "form": "contrāpūnctū",
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    },
    {
      "form": "contrāpūnctibus",
      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
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    },
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      "form": "contrāpūnctus",
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}

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{
  "etymology_text": "From Latin contra + punctus, from the Medieval Latin expression \"punctus contra punctum\" (\"note against note\").",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "contrāpūnctus",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contrāpūnctūs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "contrāpūnctūs",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "contrāpūnctūs",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "contrāpūnctuum",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "contrāpūnctuī",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contrāpūnctibus",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contrāpūnctum",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contrāpūnctūs",
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      "form": "contrāpūnctū",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contrāpūnctibus",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "contrāpūnctus",
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    {
      "form": "contrāpūnctūs",
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        "vocative"
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension",
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  "word": "contrapunctus"
}

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"contrapunctus" meaning in Latin

Noun