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Latin
Etymology
From mūt(ō) (“to exchange”) + -uus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
mūtuus (feminine mūtua, neuter mūtuum, adverb mūtuō); first/second-declension adjective
- borrowed, lent
- (by extension) in return, in exchange, mutual, reciprocal
1687, Sir Isaac Newton, “Lex III: Actioni contrariam semper et æqualem esse reactionem: sive corporum duorum actiones in se mutuo semper esse æquales et in partes contrarias dirigi.”, in Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica:
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “mutuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mutuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mutuus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to borrow money from some one: pecuniam mutuari or sumere mutuam ab aliquo
- to lend money to some one: pecuniam alicui mutuam dare
- (ambiguous) the alternation of tides: aestus maritimi mutuo accedentes et recedentes (N. D. 2. 53. 132)