noun · femininethird declension
commūtātiō
commūtātiō f (genitive commūtātiōnis)
Classical[kɔm.muːˈtaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[kom.muˈtat.t͡si.o]
Meaning
- change, alteration, reversal
- upheaval
- exchange
- interchange
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
mūtātiōchange
commūtātiō -ōnis (f) — in De Bello Gallico I, De Bello Gallico II, ch. 6 and De Bello Gallico III, ch. 17
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | commūtātiō | commūtātiōnēs |
| genitive | commūtātiōnis | commūtātiōnum |
| dative | commūtātiōnī | commūtātiōnibus |
| accusative | commūtātiōnem | commūtātiōnēs |
| ablative | commūtātiōne | commūtātiōnibus |
| vocative | commūtātiō | commūtātiōnēs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- commutationes temporum quadripartitae
- the succession of the four seasons.
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.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
commūtātiō (conm-) ōnis, f
commuto, a changing, change, alteration: tempestatum atque caeli: temporum: magnae rerum, Cs.: tanta, S.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin commūtātiō From commūtō + -tiō.
Descendants
- Englishcommutation
- Italiancommutazione
- Spanishconmutación
- Russianкоммута́ция