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Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
muto
- first-person singular present indicative of mutar
Galician
Verb
muto
- first-person singular present indicative of mutar
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmu.to/
- Rhymes: -uto
- Hyphenation: mù‧to
Etymology 1
From Latin mūtus.
Adjective
muto (feminine muta, masculine plural muti, feminine plural mute)
- mute
- voiceless
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
muto
- first-person singular present indicative of mutare
Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *meytH- (“to exchange”).
Verb
mūtō (present infinitive mūtāre, perfect active mūtāvī, supine mūtātum); first conjugation
- to move, remove
- Synonym: moveo
- in melius mutare ― to change to a better condition, improve
- to alter, change, modify, transform
- Synonyms: commūtō, versō, vertō, cōnferō
- mutatis mutandis ― the necessary changes having been made
- to vary, diversify
- to mutate, spoil
- to exchange, barter, sell
- Synonyms: commūtō, reparō
- to forsake, abandon, leave
- Synonyms: dēserō, relinquō, omittō, dēdō, dēcēdō, dēstituō, dēficiō, oblīvīscor, concēdō, cēdō, dissimulō, trādō, trānsmittō, addīcō, praetereō, neglegō, pōnō, reddō, remittō, permittō, tribuō, dēferō, trānsferō
Conjugation
Conjugation of mūtō (first conjugation)
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indicative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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mūtō
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mūtās
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mūtat
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mūtāmus
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mūtātis
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mūtant
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imperfect
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mūtābam
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mūtābās
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mūtābat
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mūtābāmus
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mūtābātis
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mūtābant
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future
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mūtābō
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mūtābis
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mūtābit
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mūtābimus
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mūtābitis
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mūtābunt
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perfect
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mūtāvī
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mūtāvistī, mūtāstī2
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mūtāvit, mūtāt2
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mūtāvimus, mūtāmus2
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mūtāvistis, mūtāstis2
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mūtāvērunt, mūtāvēre, mūtārunt2
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pluperfect
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mūtāveram, mūtāram2
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mūtāverās, mūtārās2
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mūtāverat, mūtārat2
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mūtāverāmus, mūtārāmus2
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mūtāverātis, mūtārātis2
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mūtāverant, mūtārant2
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future perfect
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mūtāverō, mūtārō2
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mūtāveris, mūtāris2
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mūtāverit, mūtārit2
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mūtāverimus, mūtārimus2
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mūtāveritis, mūtāritis2
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mūtāverint, mūtārint2
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passive
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present
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mūtor
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mūtāris, mūtāre
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mūtātur
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mūtāmur
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mūtāminī
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mūtantur
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imperfect
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mūtābar
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mūtābāris, mūtābāre
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mūtābātur
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mūtābāmur
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mūtābāminī
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mūtābantur
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future
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mūtābor
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mūtāberis, mūtābere
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mūtābitur
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mūtābimur
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mūtābiminī
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mūtābuntur
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perfect
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mūtātus + present active indicative of sum
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pluperfect
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mūtātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
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future perfect
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mūtātus + future active indicative of sum
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subjunctive
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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mūtem
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mūtēs
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mūtet
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mūtēmus
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mūtētis
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mūtent
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imperfect
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mūtārem
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mūtārēs
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mūtāret
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mūtārēmus
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mūtārētis
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mūtārent
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perfect
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mūtāverim, mūtārim2
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mūtāverīs, mūtārīs2
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mūtāverit, mūtārit2
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mūtāverīmus, mūtārīmus2
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mūtāverītis, mūtārītis2
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mūtāverint, mūtārint2
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pluperfect
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mūtāvissem, mūtāssem2
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mūtāvissēs, mūtāssēs2
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mūtāvisset, mūtāsset2
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mūtāvissēmus, mūtāssēmus2
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mūtāvissētis, mūtāssētis2
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mūtāvissent, mūtāssent2
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passive
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present
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mūter
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mūtēris, mūtēre
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mūtētur
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mūtēmur
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mūtēminī
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mūtentur
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imperfect
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mūtārer
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mūtārēris, mūtārēre
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mūtārētur
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mūtārēmur
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mūtārēminī
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mūtārentur
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perfect
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mūtātus + present active subjunctive of sum
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pluperfect
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mūtātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
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imperative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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—
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mūtā
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mūtāte
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future
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mūtātō
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mūtātō
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mūtātōte
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mūtantō
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passive
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present
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mūtāre
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—
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mūtāminī
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future
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mūtātor
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mūtātor
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—
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mūtantor
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non-finite forms
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active
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passive
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present
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perfect
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future
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present
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perfect
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future
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infinitives
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mūtāre
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mūtāvisse, mūtāsse2
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mūtātūrum esse
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mūtārī, mūtārier1
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mūtātum esse
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mūtātum īrī
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participles
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mūtāns
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—
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mūtātūrus
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mūtātus
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mūtandus
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verbal nouns
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gerund
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supine
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genitive
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dative
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accusative
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ablative
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accusative
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ablative
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mūtandī
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mūtandō
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mūtandum
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mūtandō
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mūtātum
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mūtātū
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1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
2At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Compare Old Irish moth (“male organ”). Weiss 1996 proposes a derivation from a Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (“to be abundant, reproductively powerful”), with Ancient Greek μῡρῐ́ος (mūríos) as a cognate.
Alternative forms
Noun
mūtō m (genitive mūtōnis); third declension
- (vulgar slang, anatomy) penis
65 BCE – 8 BCE,
Horace,
Satires 1.2.68:
- Huic si mūtōnis verbīs mala tanta videntī
dīceret haec animus ‘quid vīs tibi? numquid ego ā tē
magnō prognātum dēpōscō cōnsule cunnum
vēlātumque stolā, mea cum conferbuit īra?'- What if, in the words of his penis, his mind were to say to the man when he sees such troubles: 'What exactly do you want? Do I ever demand a cunt descended from a famous consul or veiled in a fancy gown when my passion grows hot?'
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 715
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “mutate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mūtō / muttō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 398
- ^ Weiss, Michael (1996) “Greek μυρίος 'countless', Hittite mūri- 'bunch (of fruit)'”, in Historische Sprachforschung / Historical Linguistics, volume 109, number 2, page 208
Further reading
- “muto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “muto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- muto in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- muto in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- muto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to keep one's countenance, remain impassive: vultum non mutare
- to alter one's views, intentions: consilium, sententiam mutare
- to go into mourning: vestem mutare (opp. ad vestitum suum redire) (Planc. 12. 29)
- to change one's clothes (and shoes): vestimenta (et calceos) mutare
- to naturalise oneself as a citizen of another country: civitatem mutare (Balb. 11. 27)
- to leave one's country (only used of exiles): solum vertere, mutare (Caecin. 34. 100)
- to change one's tactics: rationem belli gerendi mutare (Liv. 32. 31)
- “muto”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Macanese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Portuguese muito.
Pronunciation
Adverb
muto
- very; a lot; very much
- Synonym: ui-di
- muto tánto ― very much, a great many
- iou muto susto ― I am very scared
- Iou muto querê pa vôs ― I love you very much
References
Portuguese
Verb
muto
- first-person singular present indicative of mutar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmuto/
- Rhymes: -uto
- Syllabification: mu‧to
Verb
muto
- first-person singular present indicative of mutar