(verb) : per-mūto, āvi, ātum, 1
* To change throughout, to alter or change completely: sententiam,Cic. Cat. 2, 7, 14: omnem rei publicae statum,id. Leg. 3, 9: ordine permutato,Lucr. 1, 827.
* In gen., to interchange, exchange one thing for another: nomina inter se,Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 19: domum,id. Pers. 4, 5, 8: galeam,Verg. A. 9, 307: cur valle permutem Sabinā Divitias operosiores?Hor. C. 3, 1, 47: cum jecore locum,Plin. 11, 37, 80, § 204: virus ut hoc alio fallax permutet odore,Mart. 6, 93, 7: plumbum gemmis,for precious stones,Plin. 34, 17, 48, § 163.—Trop.: permutatā ratione,on the contrary, conversely,Plin. 19, 6, 32, § 106.
* In partic., in the lang. of business.
* To turn about, turn round (post.-Aug.): arborem in contrarium,Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 84; 16, 40, 77, § 210.
* To buy: equos talentis auri permutare,Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 198: serichatum permutatur in libras denariis sex,id. 12, 21, 45, § 99; 19, 1, 4, § 20.

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