transmutatio

From LSJ

ἐλπίδες ἐν ζωοῖσιν, ἀνέλπιστοι δὲ θανόντες → hope is for the living, while the dead despair

Source

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

transmūtātĭo: ōnis, f. transmuto.
I In gen., a changing, Vulg. Jacob. 1, 17. —
II In partic., a shifting, transposition of letters (post-Aug.; cf.: transpositio, commutatio), Quint. 1, 5, 39; 9, 4, 89.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

trānsmūtātĭō, ōnis, f. (transmuto), transposition [de lettres]: Quint. 1, 5, 39 ; 9, 4, 89.

Latin > German (Georges)

trānsmūtātio, ōnis, f. (transmuto), I) die Veränderung, a) übh., Vulg. epist. Iacobi 1, 17. – b) der Umzug, Itala Zach. 13, 1. – II) die Vertauschung, Versetzung der Buchstaben, die Metathesis (griech. μετάθεσις), Quint. 1, 5, 12 u. 39. Diom. 452, 29: der Metra, Mar. Victorin. 1, 12, 30. p. 52, 20 K.