transmuto

transmuto

See also: transmutó

Latin

Etymology

    From trāns- + mūtō (change, alter).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    trānsmūtō (present infinitive trānsmūtāre, perfect active trānsmūtāvī, supine trānsmūtātum); first conjugation

    1. to change, shift, transform, transmute
      [fortuna] transmutat incertos honores (Horace, Carmina 3.29.51)
    2. (medicine) to transfer, remove
      inchoante accessione aegros ad alium transmutare locum (Caelius Aurelianus [5th c.], De morbis acutis et chronicis 1.15.142)

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    References

    • transmuto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • transmuto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • transmuto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

    Portuguese

    Verb

    transmuto

    1. first-person singular present indicative of transmutar

    Spanish

    Verb

    transmuto

    1. first-person singular present indicative of transmutar