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permuto
permuto
See also: permutó
Latin
Etymology
From per- (“through, along”) + mūtō (“change, alter”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /perˈmuː.toː/
Verb
permūtō (present infinitive permūtāre, perfect active permūtāvī, supine permūtātum); first conjugation
- I change or alter throughout or completely, transform.
- I interchange or exchange something for another, swap; exchange money, buy.
- I turn about or around.
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References
- permuto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- permuto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “permuto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to exchange provinces: provincias permutare
- to exchange prisoners: captivos permutare, commutare
- to exchange provinces: provincias permutare