transmutatio
Latin
Etymology
trāns- + mūtātiō (or trānsmūtō + -tiō), post-Augustean [late 1st century].
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tran.smuːˈtaː.ti.oː/, [trãː.smuːˈtaː.ti.oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tran.smuˈta.t͡si.o/, [tran.smuˈtaː.t͡si.o]
Noun
trānsmūtātiō f (genitive trānsmūtātiōnis); third declension
- (grammar) transposition
- 95 CE, Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, 1.5.39:
- trānsmūtātiōne, quā ōrdō turbātur
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- changing, variability, alteration, transmutation
- 4th c., Nova Vulgata, James 1:17:
- Omne datum optimum et omne dōnum perfectum dē sursum est, dēscendens a Patre lūminum, apud quem nōn est trānsmūtātiō [παραλλαγή (parallagḗ)] nec vicissitūdinis obumbrātiō.
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Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | trānsmūtātiō | trānsmūtātiōnēs |
| genitive | trānsmūtātiōnis | trānsmūtātiōnum |
| dative | trānsmūtātiōnī | trānsmūtātiōnibus |
| accusative | trānsmūtātiōnem | trānsmūtātiōnēs |
| ablative | trānsmūtātiōne | trānsmūtātiōnibus |
| vocative | trānsmūtātiō | trānsmūtātiōnēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- English: transmutation
- French: transmutation
- Italian: trasmutazione
- Portuguese: transmutação
- Russian: трансмутация (transmutacija)
- Spanish: transmutación
References
- transmutatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- transmutatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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