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

  1. (grammar) transposition
    • 95 CE, Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, 1.5.39:
      trānsmūtātiōne, quā ōrdō turbātur
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  2. 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.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative trānsmūtātiō trānsmūtātiōnēs
Genitive trānsmūtātiōnis trānsmūtātiōnum
Dative trānsmūtātiōnī trānsmūtātiōnibus
Accusative trānsmūtātiōnem trānsmūtātiōnēs
Ablative trānsmūtātiōne trānsmūtātiōnibus
Vocative trānsmūtātiō trānsmūtātiōnēs

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