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Lewis Short
(verb) : mūto, āvi, ātum (arch.
* Subj. mutassis, Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 49; inf. pass. mutarier, id. Men. prol. 74), 1, and n. freq. [moveo].
* Prop., to move, to move away or from its place, to move to a place (rare): neque se luna quoquam mutat,does not move, does not budge,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 117: illa tamen se Non habitu mutatve loco, does not quit her dress or her dwelling, Hor. S. 2, 7, 64: ne quis invitus civitate mutetur,be forced to leave, be driven from,Cic. Balb. 13, 30: hinc dum muter,if I can only get away from here,Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 73.
* Transf.
* Of change in the thing spoken of itself.
* In gen.
* Of change in its relation to other things, etc.
* In partic.
* Of common or reciprocal relations, to interchange, exchange.—With cum: cum amplificatione vectigalium nomen Hieronicae legis mutare,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 8, § 19: ut vestem cum illo mutem,Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 24: ne cujus suorum popularium mutatam secum fortunam esse vellent,Liv. 21, 45, 6.—With pro: C. Hostilio pro Etruriā Tarentum mutaverant (sonatus) provinciam, pro Tarento Capuam mutaverunt,Liv. 27, 35, 14: non debere eum incerta pro certis mutare,Sall. J. 83, 1: mutatos pro Macedonibus Romanos dominos,Liv. 34, 49, 6.—With abl. of that for which the exchange, etc., is made: quid terras alio calentes Sole mutamus (patriā),Hor. C. 2, 16, 19: victoriae possessionem incertā pace mutāsse,Liv. 9, 12, 2; also with abl. of that given in exchange, etc.: victrice patriā victam mutari,id. 5, 30, 3.—So esp. of trading, etc., to exchange, barter, sell, etc.: coepit captivos conmercari Aleos, si quem reperire possit, qui mutet suum,Plaut. Capt. prol. 28; cf.: homines captivos conmercatur, si queat Aliquem invenire, suum qui mutet filium,id. ib. 1, 1, 33; 1, 2, 68: hic mutat merces surgente a sole, etc.,Hor. S. 1, 4, 29: mutandi copia,Sall. J. 18, 5.—With abl.: uvam Furtivā mutat strigili,Hor. S. 2, 7, 109: suburbanis lactens porcus aere mutandus est,Col. 7, 9, 4: caetera reponantur, vel aere mutentur,id. 8, 5, 4: aere mutandi sunt (sc. apri),id. 9, 1, 7: quamvis Milesia magno Vellera mutentur,Verg. G. 3, 307; so with cum and pers. with whom the exchange is made: eaque mutare cum mercatoribus vino advecticio,Sall. J. 44, 5.—With inter: mutare res inter se instituerant,Sall. J. 18, 9.
* To forsake, abandon, leave: mutare, derelinquere,Non. p. 351, 1: expertum jam principem anxii mutabant,Tac. H. 3, 44: mihi non persuadetur ... mutem meos, Lucil. ap. Non. 351, 3: mutataque sidera pondus Quaesivere suum, i. e. forsaken or abandoned by the gods, Petr. poët. 124, 264.—Hence, mūtā-tus, a, um, P. a., changed, i. e. different, successive: quae (facies) mutatis inducitur atque fovetur Tot medicaminibus,Juv. 6, 472.
* To change the color of, to color, dye (cf.: inficio, imbuo): aries jam suave rubenti Murice, jam croceo mutabit vellera luto,Verg. E. 4, 44: nec lanarum colores, quibus simplex ille candor mutatus est, elui possunt,Quint. 1, 1, 5.
* To change for the better, make better, to improve: placet tibi factum, Micio? Mi.: non, si queam mutare,Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 19.
* To change for the worse; pass., of wine, to spoil, turn, etc.: ac, nisi mutatum, parcit defundere vinum,Hor. S. 2, 2, 58: melle mutatum (sc. balsamum),adulterated,Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 122.
* In gen., to change one thing, etc., for another: mutatis ad celeritatem jumentis,Caes. B. C. 3, 11: vestimenta mutanti tunica ardere visa est,Suet. Tib. 14: calceos et vestimenta,Cic. Mil. 10, 28.—Esp. freq.: mutare vestem, to change one's dress: An. Muta vestem. Ch. Ubi mutem? ... An. Eamus ad me. Ibi proximum'st ubi mutes, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 61 sqq.: mutando nunc vestem, nunc tegumenta capitis,Liv. 22, 1, 3; Sen. Ep. 18, 2.—Esp., to put on the garb of mourning, of humility, etc.: pro me praesente senatus hominumque praeterea viginti millia vestem mutaverunt,Cic. post Red. ad Quir. 3, 8: non modo ut vestem mutaret, aut supplex prensaret homines, sed, etc.,Liv. 2, 61; 8, 37, 9; Cic. Sest. 11, 26; Hor. C. 1, 35, 23.
* Esp.
* Mutata verba, i. e. figurative: mutata (verba), in quibus pro verbo proprio subicitur aliud, quod idem significet, sumptum ex re aliquā consequenti,Cic. Or. 27, 92.
* Of style, to vary, alter: reliquum est ut dicas de conversā oratione atque mutatā,Cic. Part. Or. 7, 23: genus eloquendi ... mutatum,id. ib. 5, 16.
* Of one's assertion or promise: quod dixi semel, hau mutabo,will not break my word,Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 90.
* Of place, to change, shift, alter: locum ex loco mutans (sc. typhon) rapidā vertigine,Plin. 2, 48, 49, § 132; cf.: quod nec injussu populi mutari finibus posset, to be removed, Liv. 5, 46, 11: exsules sunt, etiam si solum non mutārunt,i. e. gone into exile,Cic. Par. 4, 31: jussa pars mutare Lares et urbem Sospite cursu,Hor. C. Sec. 39.
* Subj. mutassis, Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 49; inf. pass. mutarier, id. Men. prol. 74), 1, and n. freq. [moveo].
* Prop., to move, to move away or from its place, to move to a place (rare): neque se luna quoquam mutat,does not move, does not budge,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 117: illa tamen se Non habitu mutatve loco, does not quit her dress or her dwelling, Hor. S. 2, 7, 64: ne quis invitus civitate mutetur,be forced to leave, be driven from,Cic. Balb. 13, 30: hinc dum muter,if I can only get away from here,Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 73.
* Transf.
* Of change in the thing spoken of itself.
* In gen.
* Of change in its relation to other things, etc.
* In partic.
* Of common or reciprocal relations, to interchange, exchange.—With cum: cum amplificatione vectigalium nomen Hieronicae legis mutare,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 8, § 19: ut vestem cum illo mutem,Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 24: ne cujus suorum popularium mutatam secum fortunam esse vellent,Liv. 21, 45, 6.—With pro: C. Hostilio pro Etruriā Tarentum mutaverant (sonatus) provinciam, pro Tarento Capuam mutaverunt,Liv. 27, 35, 14: non debere eum incerta pro certis mutare,Sall. J. 83, 1: mutatos pro Macedonibus Romanos dominos,Liv. 34, 49, 6.—With abl. of that for which the exchange, etc., is made: quid terras alio calentes Sole mutamus (patriā),Hor. C. 2, 16, 19: victoriae possessionem incertā pace mutāsse,Liv. 9, 12, 2; also with abl. of that given in exchange, etc.: victrice patriā victam mutari,id. 5, 30, 3.—So esp. of trading, etc., to exchange, barter, sell, etc.: coepit captivos conmercari Aleos, si quem reperire possit, qui mutet suum,Plaut. Capt. prol. 28; cf.: homines captivos conmercatur, si queat Aliquem invenire, suum qui mutet filium,id. ib. 1, 1, 33; 1, 2, 68: hic mutat merces surgente a sole, etc.,Hor. S. 1, 4, 29: mutandi copia,Sall. J. 18, 5.—With abl.: uvam Furtivā mutat strigili,Hor. S. 2, 7, 109: suburbanis lactens porcus aere mutandus est,Col. 7, 9, 4: caetera reponantur, vel aere mutentur,id. 8, 5, 4: aere mutandi sunt (sc. apri),id. 9, 1, 7: quamvis Milesia magno Vellera mutentur,Verg. G. 3, 307; so with cum and pers. with whom the exchange is made: eaque mutare cum mercatoribus vino advecticio,Sall. J. 44, 5.—With inter: mutare res inter se instituerant,Sall. J. 18, 9.
* To forsake, abandon, leave: mutare, derelinquere,Non. p. 351, 1: expertum jam principem anxii mutabant,Tac. H. 3, 44: mihi non persuadetur ... mutem meos, Lucil. ap. Non. 351, 3: mutataque sidera pondus Quaesivere suum, i. e. forsaken or abandoned by the gods, Petr. poët. 124, 264.—Hence, mūtā-tus, a, um, P. a., changed, i. e. different, successive: quae (facies) mutatis inducitur atque fovetur Tot medicaminibus,Juv. 6, 472.
* To change the color of, to color, dye (cf.: inficio, imbuo): aries jam suave rubenti Murice, jam croceo mutabit vellera luto,Verg. E. 4, 44: nec lanarum colores, quibus simplex ille candor mutatus est, elui possunt,Quint. 1, 1, 5.
* To change for the better, make better, to improve: placet tibi factum, Micio? Mi.: non, si queam mutare,Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 19.
* To change for the worse; pass., of wine, to spoil, turn, etc.: ac, nisi mutatum, parcit defundere vinum,Hor. S. 2, 2, 58: melle mutatum (sc. balsamum),adulterated,Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 122.
* In gen., to change one thing, etc., for another: mutatis ad celeritatem jumentis,Caes. B. C. 3, 11: vestimenta mutanti tunica ardere visa est,Suet. Tib. 14: calceos et vestimenta,Cic. Mil. 10, 28.—Esp. freq.: mutare vestem, to change one's dress: An. Muta vestem. Ch. Ubi mutem? ... An. Eamus ad me. Ibi proximum'st ubi mutes, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 61 sqq.: mutando nunc vestem, nunc tegumenta capitis,Liv. 22, 1, 3; Sen. Ep. 18, 2.—Esp., to put on the garb of mourning, of humility, etc.: pro me praesente senatus hominumque praeterea viginti millia vestem mutaverunt,Cic. post Red. ad Quir. 3, 8: non modo ut vestem mutaret, aut supplex prensaret homines, sed, etc.,Liv. 2, 61; 8, 37, 9; Cic. Sest. 11, 26; Hor. C. 1, 35, 23.
* Esp.
* Mutata verba, i. e. figurative: mutata (verba), in quibus pro verbo proprio subicitur aliud, quod idem significet, sumptum ex re aliquā consequenti,Cic. Or. 27, 92.
* Of style, to vary, alter: reliquum est ut dicas de conversā oratione atque mutatā,Cic. Part. Or. 7, 23: genus eloquendi ... mutatum,id. ib. 5, 16.
* Of one's assertion or promise: quod dixi semel, hau mutabo,will not break my word,Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 90.
* Of place, to change, shift, alter: locum ex loco mutans (sc. typhon) rapidā vertigine,Plin. 2, 48, 49, § 132; cf.: quod nec injussu populi mutari finibus posset, to be removed, Liv. 5, 46, 11: exsules sunt, etiam si solum non mutārunt,i. e. gone into exile,Cic. Par. 4, 31: jussa pars mutare Lares et urbem Sospite cursu,Hor. C. Sec. 39.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
mūto (noun M) : membrum virile (rare and only poet.), Lucil. ap. Porphyr. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 68; also id. ib. Orell. (K. and H. muttonis).
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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