commuto
See also: commutò
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commuto
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Etymology edit
From con- + mūtō (“change, alter”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /komˈmuː.toː/, [kɔmˈmuːt̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /komˈmu.to/, [komˈmuːt̪o]
Verb edit
commūtō (present infinitive commūtāre, perfect active commūtāvī, supine commūtātum); first conjugation
- to change or alter entirely; modify, correct, reform, transform
- (of fruits) to decay, spoil, rot
- to exchange something with another, change, barter, interchange, replace, substitute, traffic
- to exchange words, converse, discourse, have a conversation
- Synonym: colloquor
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References edit
- “commuto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “commuto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- commuto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- luck is changing, waning: fortuna commutatur, se inclinat
- to exchange prisoners: captivos permutare, commutare
- to hold on one's course: cursum tenere (opp. commutare and deferri)
- luck is changing, waning: fortuna commutatur, se inclinat