mutuus

mutuus

Latin

Etymology

From mūt(ō) (“to exchange”) +‎ -uus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.tu.us/, [ˈmuːt̪uʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.tu.us/, [ˈmuːt̪uːs]

Adjective

mūtuus (feminine mūtua, neuter mūtuum, adverb mūtuō); first/second-declension adjective

1. borrowed, lent
2. (by extension) in return, in exchange, mutual, reciprocal
   • 1687 Sir Isaac Newton: Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica: "Lex III: Actioni contrariam semper et æqualem esse reactionem: sive corporum duorum actiones in se mutuo semper esse æquales et in partes contrarias dirigi."

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mūtuus	mūtua	mūtuum		mūtuī	mūtuae	mūtua
Genitive	mūtuī	mūtuae	mūtuī		mūtuōrum	mūtuārum	mūtuōrum
Dative	mūtuō		mūtuō		mūtuīs
Accusative	mūtuum	mūtuam	mūtuum		mūtuōs	mūtuās	mūtua
Ablative	mūtuō	mūtuā	mūtuō		mūtuīs
Vocative	mūtue	mūtua	mūtuum		mūtuī	mūtuae	mūtua

Derived terms

• mūtuē
• mūtuiter
• mūtuō
• mūtuor
• mūtuum
• prōmūtuus

 

Related terms

• mūtō

Descendants

• Catalan: mutu
• English: mutual
• French: mutuel, mutuelle
• Italian: mutuo
• Portuguese: mútuo
• Sicilian: mutuu
• Spanish: mutuo

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)