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commuto

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See also: commutò

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /komˈmu.to/
  • Rhymes: -uto
  • Hyphenation: com‧mù‧to

Verb

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commuto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of commutare

Latin

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Etymology

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From con- +‎ mūtō (change, alter).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. to change or alter entirely; modify, correct, reform, transform
    Synonyms: mūtō, versō, vertō, cōnferō
  2. (of fruits) to decay, spoil, rot
  3. to exchange something with another, change, barter, interchange, replace, substitute, traffic
    Synonyms: mūtō, reparō
  4. to exchange words, converse, discourse, have a conversation
    Synonym: colloquor

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • 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)