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commuto
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See also: commutò
Italian
Pronunciation
Verb
commuto
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔmˈmuː.toː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [komˈmuː.to]
Verb
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
Conjugation
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Descendants
References
- “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, 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
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