demuto
οὐκ ἂν λάβοις παρὰ τοῦ μὴ ἔχοντος → you can't take from one who doesn't have, you can't squeeze blood out of a turnip, you can't get blood out of a turnip, you can't get blood from a stone, you can't get blood out of a stone
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dē-mūto: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.
I 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.—
II 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.—
2 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.—
3 To deviate, depart: (fama) demutans de veritate, Tert. Apol. 7.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēmūtō,¹⁵ āvī, ātum, āre,
1 tr., changer : orationem Pl. Mil. 1291, changer de propos, cf. Men. 871 || abst] demutare de veritate Tert. Apol. 7, changer qqch. à la vérité, altérer la vérité
2 intr., changer, être différent : Pl. Ps. 555 ; St. 725 ; Mil. 1130. fut. ant. arch. demutassit Pl. St. 725.
Latin > German (Georges)
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).
Latin > English
demuto demutare, demutavi, demutatus V :: change/alter/transform; diviate from way/goal, fail; depart/be different from
