transmuto

See also: transmutó

Latin

Etymology

From trāns- +‎ mūtō (change, alter).

Pronunciation

Verb

trānsmūtō (present infinitive trānsmūtāre, perfect active trānsmūtāvī, supine trānsmūtātum); first conjugation

  1. to change, shift, transform, transmute
    [fortuna] transmutat incertos honores (Horace, Carmina 3.29.51)
  2. (medicine) to transfer, remove
    inchoante accessione aegros ad alium transmutare locum (Caelius Aurelianus [5th c.], De morbis acutis et chronicis 1.15.142)

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References

  • transmuto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • transmuto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • transmuto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

transmuto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of transmutar

Spanish

Verb

transmuto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of transmutar