muto
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Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
muto
Galician[edit]
Verb[edit]
muto
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
muto (feminine muta, masculine plural muti, feminine plural mute)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
muto
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmuː.toː/, [ˈmuːt̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmu.to/, [ˈmuːt̪o]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *meytH- (“to exchange”).[1][2]
Verb[edit]
mūtō (present infinitive mūtāre, perfect active mūtāvī, supine mūtātum); first conjugation
- to move, remove
- to alter, change, modify, transform
- to vary, diversify
- to mutate, spoil
- to exchange, barter, sell
- to forsake, abandon, leave
Conjugation[edit]
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[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Dalmatian:
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
Borrowings:
- → Asturian: mutar
- → Catalan: mutar
- → English: mutate, mute
- → French: muter
- → Galician: mutar
- → Old English: bemutian, *mutian
- → Portuguese: mutar
- → Proto-Brythonic: *mʉdad
- → Spanish: mutar
Etymology 2[edit]
Compare Old Irish moth (“male organ”).[3] Weiss 1996 proposes a derivation from a Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (“to be abundant, reproductively powerful”), with Ancient Greek μῡρῐ́ος (mūríos) as a cognate.[4]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
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?'
- Huic si mūtōnis verbīs mala tanta videntī
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mūtō | mūtōnēs |
Genitive | mūtōnis | mūtōnum |
Dative | mūtōnī | mūtōnibus |
Accusative | mūtōnem | mūtōnēs |
Ablative | mūtōne | mūtōnibus |
Vocative | mūtō | mūtōnēs |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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[1], volume 109, number 2, page 208
Further reading[edit]
- “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[2], 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)
- to keep one's countenance, remain impassive: vultum non mutare
- “muto”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Macanese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Portuguese muito.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
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[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
muto
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
muto
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