commūtātĭo (noun F) : id.
* A changing, change, alteration (in good prose).
* In gen.: annuae,Cic. Inv. 1, 34, 59; cf.: tempestatum atque caeli,id. Div. 2, 42, 89: temporum,id. Tusc. 1, 28, 68: crebrae aestuum,Caes. B. G. 5, 1: magnae rerum,id. B. C. 3, 68: ordinis,Quint. 9, 1, 6: subita,Nep. Dion, 6, 1: ventorum,Col. 11, 2, 94: morum aut studiorum,Cic. Lael. 21, 77: civiles,id. Fam. 5, 12, 4.
* Esp.
* In rhet.
* A figure of speech; a reciprocal opposition or change, = ἀντιμεταβολή (cf. Quint. 9, 3, 85), Auct. Her. 4, 28, 39.
* An exchange.
* Captivorum, Liv. Epit. 19.
* (Acc. to commuto, II. B.) Of words, a conversation, conference, Claud. Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 26.

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