coeuntes litterae

Latin

Etymology

coiēns (“assembling, copulating”) + littera (“letter”), literally copulating words.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ko.eˈun.teːs ˈlit.te.rae̯/, [koeˈʊn̪t̪eːs̠ ˈlʲɪt̪ːɛräe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ko.eˈun.tes ˈlit.te.re/, [koeˈun̪t̪es ˈlit̪ːere]

Noun

coeuntēs litterae f pl (genitive coeuntium litterārum); first declension

1. (language) the stopping of hiatus, the running together of words, synalepha

Declension

Third-declension adjective with a first-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	coeuntēs litterae
genitive	coeuntium litterārum
dative	coeuntibus litterīs
accusative	coeuntēs litterās coeuntīs litterās
ablative	coeuntibus litterīs
vocative	coeuntēs litterae