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|lshtext=<b>dē-mūto</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.<br /><b>I</b> Act., to [[change]], [[alter]], and [[sometimes]] to [[alter]] for the [[worse]], to [[make]] [[worse]] ([[repeatedly]] in Plaut. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]; [[otherwise]] [[rare]]; not in the Ciceronian [[period]]): voces demutat, [[Cato]] ap. Macr. S. 2, 10 med.; cf.: orationem meam, Plaut. Mil. 4, 7, 8: [[imperium]] tuum, id. Men. 5, 2, 118: sententiam nostram in iis, Gell. 17, 1, 6: [[caro]] demutata, Tert. Res. carn. 55 al.: [[placitum]] instituto flaminum [[nihil]] demutari, Tac. A. 4, 16: si demutant [[mores]] [[ingenium]] tuum, to [[make]] [[worse]], Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 36.—<br /><b>II</b> Neutr., to [[change]] one's [[mind]] or [[purpose]]: non demutabo, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 142; id. ib. 153; cf.: [[prorsus]] [[nihilum]] de [[aliqua]] re, Jul. Val. rer. gest. Alex. 1, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[change]], [[alter]], [[become]] [[different]] ([[with]] [[atque]] or ab— [[very]] [[rare]]): [[numquid]] videtur demutare [[atque]] ut [[quidem]] dixi esse, etc., Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 37; cf. id. Stich. 5, 4, 43; Ap. Mag. p. 284, 17.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[deviate]], [[depart]]: ([[fama]]) demutans de veritate, Tert. Apol. 7.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>dēmūtō</b>,¹⁵ āvī, ātum, āre,<br /><b>1</b> tr., changer : orationem Pl. Mil. 1291, changer de [[propos]], cf. Men. 871 &#124;&#124; abs<sup>t</sup>] demutare de veritate Tert. Apol. 7, changer qqch. à la vérité, altérer la vérité<br /><b>2</b> intr., changer, être différent : Pl. Ps. 555 ; St. 725 ; Mil. 1130. fut. ant. arch. demutassit Pl. St. 725.||abs<sup>t</sup>] demutare de veritate Tert. Apol. 7, changer qqch. à la vérité, altérer la vérité<br /><b>2</b> intr., changer, être différent : Pl. Ps. 555 ; St. 725 ; Mil. 1130. fut. ant. arch. demutassit Pl. St. 725.
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{{Georges
|georg=dē-mūto, āvī, ātum, āre, I) v. tr. [[abändern]], [[verändern]], [[imperium]], Plaut.: voces, [[Cato]] fr.: [[nihil]] instituto flaminum, Tac.: animum de firma [[fide]], Plaut.: sententiam suam in iis, Gell. – verschlechternd, si demutant [[mores]] [[ingenium]] tuum, Plaut. trin. 73. – II) v. intr. [[sich]] [[abändern]], a) der [[Beschaffenheit]] usw. [[nach]], [[anders]] [[sein]], [[numquid]] videtur demutare [[atque]] ut [[quidem]] [[dixi]], ist's [[wohl]] im mindesten [[anders]], [[als]] [[wie]] [[ich]]'s [[gerade]] [[euch]] gesagt, Plaut. mil. 1130: [[paululum]] od. [[minimum]] ab alqa re, [[ein]] [[wenig]], [[gar]] [[nicht]] [[verschieden]] [[sein]], Apul. flor. 16. p. 23, 5 Kr.; apol. 16. p. 24, 8 Kr.: so [[auch]] [[prorsus]] [[nihilum]] de alqa re, Iul. Val. 1, 13 (21), u. [[nihil]] ab alqa re, Iul. Val. 3, 53, (29). – b) der [[Gesinnung]] [[nach]] [[sich]] [[ändern]], [[non]] demutabo, es bleibt [[dabei]], Plaut. Pseud. 555 u. 566: [[uter]] demutassit (archaist. = demutaverit), Plaut. [[Stich]]. 723. – dah. [[sich]] [[abneigen]], [[sich]] [[hinneigen]], in nuptias Cleopatrae, Iul. Val. 1, 13 (20).
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