commutatio
Φιλοσοφίαν δὲ τὴν μὲν κατὰ φύσιν, ὦ Βασιλεῦ, ἐπαίνει καὶ ἀσπάζου, τὴν δέ θεοκλυτεῖν φάσκουσαν παραίτου. → Praise and revere, O King, the philosophy that accords with nature, and avoid that which pretends to invoke the gods. (Philostratus, Ap. 5.37)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
commūtātĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I a changing, change, alteration (in good prose).
I In gen.: annuae, Cic. Inv. 1, 34, 59; cf.: tempestatum atque caeli, id. Div. 2, 42, 89: temporum, id. Tusc. 1, 28, 68: crebrae aestuum, Caes. B. G. 5, 1: magnae rerum, id. B. C. 3, 68: ordinis, Quint. 9, 1, 6: subita, Nep. Dion, 6, 1: ventorum, Col. 11, 2, 94: morum aut studiorum, Cic. Lael. 21, 77: civiles, id. Fam. 5, 12, 4.—
II Esp.
A In rhet.
1 A figure of speech; a reciprocal opposition or change, = ἀντιμεταβολή (cf. Quint. 9, 3, 85), Auct. Her. 4, 28, 39.—
2 A change in words, pronunciation, or method of treatment, Auct. Her. 4, 42, 54 sq.—
B An exchange.
1 Captivorum, Liv. Epit. 19.—
2 (Acc. to commuto, II. B.) Of words, a conversation, conference, Claud. Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 26.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
commūtātĭō,¹¹ ōnis, f. (commuto), mutation, changement : annuæ commutationes Cic. Inv. 1, 59, les révolutions des saisons ; commutatio studiorum Cic. Læl. 77, changement dans les goûts ; commutatio ordinis Quint. 9, 1, 6, interversion
