transmutatio
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
trāns- + mūtātiō (or trānsmūtō + -tiō), post-Augustean. First attested in the late 1st century..
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /trans.muːˈtaː.ti.oː/, [t̪rä̃ːs̠muːˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /trans.muˈtat.t͡si.o/, [t̪ränzmuˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun[edit]
trānsmūtātiō f (genitive trānsmūtātiōnis); third declension
- (grammar) transposition
- c. 35 CE – 100 CE, Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 1.5.39:
- trānsmūtātiōne, quā ōrdō turbātur
- By transposition, by which the order [of words] is confused
- trānsmūtātiōne, quā ōrdō turbātur
- changing, variability, alteration, transmutation
- Vulgata—Epistula Jacobi 1.17:
- Omne datum optimum, et omne donum perfectum desursum est, descendens a Patre luminum, apud quem non est transmutatio, nec vicissitudinis obumbratio.
- Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variability, nor shadow of turning.
- Omne datum optimum, et omne donum perfectum desursum est, descendens a Patre luminum, apud quem non est transmutatio, nec vicissitudinis obumbratio.
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | trānsmūtātiō | trānsmūtātiōnēs |
| Genitive | trānsmūtātiōnis | trānsmūtātiōnum |
| Dative | trānsmūtātiōnī | trānsmūtātiōnibus |
| Accusative | trānsmūtātiōnem | trānsmūtātiōnēs |
| Ablative | trānsmūtātiōne | trānsmūtātiōnibus |
| Vocative | trānsmūtātiō | trānsmūtātiōnēs |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Catalan: transmutació
- English: transmutation
- French: transmutation
- Galician: transmutación
- Italian: trasmutazione
- Portuguese: transmutação
- Russian: трансмутация (transmutacija)
- Spanish: transmutación
References[edit]
- “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.