Italian

Verb

commuto

1. first-person singular present indicative of commutare

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ mūtō ‎(“change, alter”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /komˈmuː.toː/

Verb

commūtō ‎(present infinitive commūtāre, perfect active commūtāvī, supine commūtātum); first conjugation

1. I change or alter entirely; modify, correct, reform, transform.
2. (of fruits) I decay, spoil, rot.
3. I exchange something with another, change, barter, interchange, replace, substitute, traffic.
4. I exchange words, converse, discourse, have a conversation.

Inflection

Derived terms

• commūtābilis
• commūtātē
• commūtātiō
• commūtātus

Related terms

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “commuto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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)