a lacte cunisque

From ā (“from”) lacte (“milk”) cūnīs (“cradle”) + -que (“and”). Hence literally “from milk and cradle”.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aː ˈlak.te kuːˈniːs.kʷe/, [äː ˈɫ̪äkt̪ɛ kuːˈniːs̠kʷɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a ˈlak.te kuˈnis.kwe/, [äː ˈläkt̪e kuˈniskwe]

ā lacte cūnīsque

1. (idiomatic) From the cradle, from infancy.

• ā prīmīs cūnābulīs (“from earliest childhood”)