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|lshtext=<b>com-mūto</b>: ([[conm]]-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.<br /><b>I</b> To [[alter]] [[wholly]], [[change]] [[entirely]] ([[class]].; [[most]] freq. in Cic.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Prop.: omnia migrant, Omnia commutat [[natura]] et vortere cogit, Lucr. 5, 829; 1, 594; 1, 589; 2, 936: signa rerum, Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74: frontem et [[vultum]], Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 11, 42: vocem, Suet. Tib. 71: quae commutantur fiuntque contraria, Cic. Off. 1, 10, 31.—Of fruits, to [[decay]], [[spoil]], Varr. R. R. 1, 69, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Esp. rhet. t. t., to [[change]] one's form of [[expression]]: commutabimus [[tripliciter]], verbis, pronuntiando, tractando, i. e. [[vary]] [[our]] [[style]], etc., Auct. Her. 4, 42, 54.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.: ad commutandos animos [[atque]] omni ratione flectendos, Cic. de Or. 2, 52, 211: [[nihil]] commutantur [[animo]] et [[idem]] abeunt qui venerant, id. Fin. 4, 3, 7; id. Att. 16, 5, 2.—<br /><b>II</b> To [[exchange]] [[something]] [[with]] [[another]], to [[change]], [[interchange]], [[replace]], [[substitute]], [[barter]], [[traffic]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., constr. [[with]] acc. [[alone]], or [[with]] [[inter]] se, cum and abl., or abl. [[alone]], or absol.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc.: conmuto [[ilico]] [[pallium]], Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 36: ubi aetate hoc [[caput]] colorem conmutavit, id. Most. 1, 3, 44: coloniam, id. Aul. 3, 6, 40: locum, Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 3: captivos, Cic. Off. 1, 13, 39; cf.: [[inter]] se conmutant vestem ac nomina, [[interchange]], Plaut. Capt. prol. 37: ornamenta templorum, Suet. Vit. 5; id. Aug. 24.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With cum and abl.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[person]]: (loricam) [[secum]], Just. 3, 1, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[thing]]: gloriam constantiae cum caritate patriae, Cic. Sest. 16, 37: mortem cum vitā, Sulp. ap. id. Fam. 4, 5, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With pro and abl.: (litteras) D pro A, Suet. Caes. 56: [[vinum]] pro [[oleo]], Dig. 2, 15, 8 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With abl.: [[nisi]] oculos orationemque aliam conmutas [[tibi]], Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 56: fidem suam et religionem pecuniā, Cic. Clu. 46, 129: ornandi causā proprium ([[verbum]]) [[proprio]], id. de Or. 3, 42, 167: possessionis invidiam pecuniā, id. Agr. 1, 5, 14: leve [[compendium]] fraude maximā, Auct. Her. 2, 19, 29; cf.: hanc esse rem, quae si [[sit]] [[semel]] judicata, [[neque]] [[alio]] commutari... possit, replaced, i. e. made [[good]], Cic. Inv. 1, 53, 102: victum vitamque priorem novis rebus, Lucr. 5, 1106: [[studium]] belli gerendi agriculturā, Caes. B. G. 6, 22: [[mustum]] aere, Col. 12, 26, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol., to [[make]] an [[exchange]]: vin conmutemus? Tuam ego ducam et tu meam? Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 21: si [[quid]] de se diceretur, non dubitaret interpellare et commutare, to [[change]] the [[subject]], Suet. Tib. 27.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp. of [[speech]], to [[exchange]] words, to [[discourse]], [[converse]] (so [[only]] [[twice]] in Ter.; cf. [[commutatio]], II.): unum [[verbum]] [[tecum]], Ter. And. 2, 4, 7: non tria Verba [[inter]] vos, id. Phorm. 4, 3, 34.
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