transmutatio

Latin

Etymology

trāns- +‎ mūtātiō (or trānsmūtō +‎ -tiō), post-Augustean. First attested in the late 1st century.

Pronunciation

Noun

trānsmūtātiō f (genitive trānsmūtātiōnis); third declension

  1. (grammar) transposition
    • c. 35 CE – 100 CE, Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 1.5.39:
      trānsmūtātiōne, quā ōrdō turbātur
      By transposition, by which the order [of words] is confused
  2. changing, variability, alteration, transmutation
    • Vulgata—Epistula Jacobi 1.17:
      Omne datum optimum, et omne donum perfectum desursum est, descendens a Patre luminum, apud quem non est transmutatio, nec vicissitudinis obumbratio.
      Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variability, nor shadow of turning.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative trānsmūtātiō trānsmūtātiōnēs
genitive trānsmūtātiōnis trānsmūtātiōnum
dative trānsmūtātiōnī trānsmūtātiōnibus
accusative trānsmūtātiōnem trānsmūtātiōnēs
ablative trānsmūtātiōne trānsmūtātiōnibus
vocative trānsmūtātiō trānsmūtātiōnēs

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References

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