muto
See also: Muto, mutó, mutò, and műtő
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈmu.to/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈmu.tu/
Verb
muto
- first-person singular present indicative form 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
- ammutire
- mutamente
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
muto
- first-person singular present indicative of mutare
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmuː.toː/, [ˈmuːt̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmu.to/, [ˈmuːt̪o]
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Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *meytH- (“to exchange”).[1][2]
Verb
mūtō (present infinitive mūtāre, perfect active mūtāvī, supine mūtātum); first conjugation
- I move, remove
- Synonym: moveo
- in melius mutare ― to change to a better condition, improve
- I alter, change, modify, transform
- Synonyms: commūtō, versō, vertō, cōnferō
- mutatis mutandis ― the necessary changes having been made
- I vary, diversify
- I mutate, spoil
- I exchange, barter, sell
- Synonyms: commūtō, reparō
- I 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) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | mūtō | mūtās | mūtat | mūtāmus | mūtātis | mūtant |
| imperfect | mūtābam | mūtābās | mūtābat | mūtābāmus | mūtābātis | mūtābant | |
| future | mūtābō | mūtābis | mūtābit | mūtābimus | mūtābitis | mūtābunt | |
| perfect | mūtāvī | mūtāvistī, mūtāstī2 | mūtāvit, mūtāt2 | mūtāvimus, mūtāmus2 | mūtāvistis, mūtāstis2 | mūtāvērunt, mūtāvēre, mūtārunt2 | |
| pluperfect | mūtāveram, mūtāram2 | mūtāverās, mūtārās2 | mūtāverat, mūtārat2 | mūtāverāmus, mūtārāmus2 | mūtāverātis, mūtārātis2 | mūtāverant, mūtārant2 | |
| future perfect | mūtāverō, mūtārō2 | mūtāveris, mūtāris2 | mūtāverit, mūtārit2 | mūtāverimus, mūtārimus2 | mūtāveritis, mūtāritis2 | mūtāverint, mūtārint2 | |
| passive | present | mūtor | mūtāris, mūtāre | mūtātur | mūtāmur | mūtāminī | mūtantur |
| imperfect | mūtābar | mūtābāris, mūtābāre | mūtābātur | mūtābāmur | mūtābāminī | mūtābantur | |
| future | mūtābor | mūtāberis, mūtābere | mūtābitur | mūtābimur | mūtābiminī | mūtābuntur | |
| perfect | mūtātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | mūtātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | mūtātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | mūtem | mūtēs | mūtet | mūtēmus | mūtētis | mūtent |
| imperfect | mūtārem | mūtārēs | mūtāret | mūtārēmus | mūtārētis | mūtārent | |
| perfect | mūtāverim, mūtārim2 | mūtāverīs, mūtārīs2 | mūtāverit, mūtārit2 | mūtāverīmus, mūtārīmus2 | mūtāverītis, mūtārītis2 | mūtāverint, mūtārint2 | |
| pluperfect | mūtāvissem, mūtāssem2 | mūtāvissēs, mūtāssēs2 | mūtāvisset, mūtāsset2 | mūtāvissēmus, mūtāssēmus2 | mūtāvissētis, mūtāssētis2 | mūtāvissent, mūtāssent2 | |
| passive | present | mūter | mūtēris, mūtēre | mūtētur | mūtēmur | mūtēminī | mūtentur |
| imperfect | mūtārer | mūtārēris, mūtārēre | mūtārētur | mūtārēmur | mūtārēminī | mūtārentur | |
| perfect | mūtātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | mūtātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | mūtā | — | — | mūtāte | — |
| future | — | mūtātō | mūtātō | — | mūtātōte | mūtantō | |
| passive | present | — | mūtāre | — | — | mūtāminī | — |
| future | — | mūtātor | mūtātor | — | — | mūtantor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | mūtāre | mūtāvisse, mūtāsse2 | mūtātūrum esse | mūtārī, mūtārier1 | mūtātum esse | mūtātum īrī | |
| participles | mūtāns | — | mūtātūrus | — | mūtātus | mūtandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| mūtandī | mūtandō | mūtandum | mūtandō | mūtātum | mūtātū | ||
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
- commūtō
- dēmūtō
- ēmūtō
- immūtō
- mūtābilis
- mūtātiō
- mūtātus
- mūtuus
- permūtō
- submūtō
- trānsmūtō
Descendants
- Aromanian: mut, mutari
- Asturian: mudar
- → Asturian: mutar
- Catalan: mudar
- → Catalan: mutar
- Corsican: mutà
- Dalmatian: moitur
- → English: mutate, mute
- → French: muter
- Friulian: mudâ
- → Galician: mutar
- Italian: mutare
- Ladin: muder
- Occitan: mudar
- → Old English: bemutian, *mutian
- Middle English: mouten
- English: moult
- Middle English: mouten
- Old French: muer
- → English: mew
- French: muer
- Old Portuguese: mudar
- Galician: mudar
- Portuguese: mudar
- → Portuguese: mutar
- Romanian: muta, mutare
- Romansch: midar, müdar
- Sicilian: mutari
- Spanish: mudar
- → Spanish: mutar
- Venetian: mudar, muar
- → Proto-Brythonic: *mʉdad
- Middle Welsh: mudaw
- Welsh: mudo
- Middle Welsh: mudaw
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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?'
- Huic si mūtōnis verbīs mala tanta videntī
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mūtō | mūtōnēs |
| Genitive | mūtōnis | mūtōnum |
| Dative | mūtōnī | mūtōnibus |
| Accusative | mūtōnem | mūtōnēs |
| Ablative | mūtōne | mūtōnibus |
| Vocative | mūtō | mūtōnēs |
References
- “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 (2003-2023) 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)
- to keep one's countenance, remain impassive: vultum non mutare
- “muto”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 715
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “mutate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmuto/ [ˈmu.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -uto
- Syllabification: mu‧to
Verb
muto
- first-person singular present indicative of mutar