transmuto
From LSJ
εἰ γάρ κεν καὶ σμικρὸν ἐπὶ σμικρῷ καταθεῖο καὶ θαμὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἔρδοις, τάχα κεν μέγα καὶ τὸ γένοιτο → for if you add only a little to a little and do this often, soon that little will become great (Hesiod W&D, 361-362)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
trans-mūto: āre, v. a.,
I to change, shift, transmute (poet.; cf.: commuto, verto, converto): transmutans dextera laevis, Lucr. 2, 488: (fortuna) transmutat incertos honores, Hor. C. 3, 29, 51.—
II To transfer, remove: aegros ad alium locum, Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 15, 142.
