transmutatio

Latin

Etymology

trāns- + mūtātiō (or trānsmūtō + -tiō), post-Augustean. First attested in the late 1st century..

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /trans.muːˈtaː.ti.oː/, [t̪rä̃ːs̠muːˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /trans.muˈtat.t͡si.o/, [t̪ränzmuˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

trānsmūtātiō f (genitive trānsmūtātiōnis); third declension

  1. (grammar) transposition
    • 95 CE, Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, 1.5.39:
      trānsmūtātiōne, quā ōrdō turbātur
      By transposition, by which the order [of words] is confused
  2. changing, variability, alteration, transmutation
    • 4th c., Nova Vulgata, James 1:17:
      Omne datum optimum et omne dōnum perfectum dē sursum est, dēscendens a Patre lūminum, apud quem nōn est trānsmūtātiō [παραλλαγή (parallagḗ)] nec vicissitūdinis obumbrātiō.
      Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. (NRSV)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative trānsmūtātiō trānsmūtātiōnēs
Genitive trānsmūtātiōnis trānsmūtātiōnum
Dative trānsmūtātiōnī trānsmūtātiōnibus
Accusative trānsmūtātiōnem trānsmūtātiōnēs
Ablative trānsmūtātiōne trānsmūtātiōnibus
Vocative trānsmūtātiō trānsmūtātiōnēs

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