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  • 1 vinco

    vinco, vīci, victum, 3, v. a. and n. [perh. causat. of root ik-; Gr. eikô, to yield; but cf. per-vicax; v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 106], to conquer, overcome, get the better of, defeat, subdue, vanquish, be victorious, etc. (syn.: supero, debello).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In war or battle:

    jus esse belli, ut qui vicissent, iis, quos vicissent, quemadmodum vellent, imperarent, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 36:

    Carthaginienses navalibus pugnis,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55:

    Galliam bello,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 34 fin.:

    non virtute neque in acie vicisse Romanos,

    id. ib. 7, 29:

    id vi et virtute militum victum atque expugnatum oppidum est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 36:

    vicimus vi feroces,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 82: aio te, Aeacida, Romanos vincere posse, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116 (Ann. v. 186 Vahl.): sicut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 5, 14 (Ann. v. 442 ib.): aliquando [p. 1992] ut vincat, ludit assidue aleam, Poët. ap. Suet. Aug. 70 fin.:

    L. milia,

    to win at play, August. ib. 71.—
    B.
    In a lawsuit, etc., to be successful, to gain:

    vincere judicio,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 18, 53:

    quem tu horum nil refelles, vincam scilicet,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 82; Hor. S. 1, 2, 134:

    causam suam,

    to win, Ov. H. 16, 76.— Pass.:

    factum est: ventum est: vincimur,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 85.—
    C.
    In other relations, to win, prevail, be successful, gain, overcome:

    sponsione,

    Cic. Quint. 27, 84:

    sponsionem,

    id. Caecin. 31, 91:

    vicit iter durum pietas,

    controlled, made easy, Verg. A. 6, 688; cf. Mart. 5, 23, 5; Claud. Cons. Hon. 46:

    labor omnia vicit,

    Verg. G. 1, 145; cf.

    difficultates, Auct. B. G. 8, 21: virgam,

    to win, Verg. A. 6, 148:

    vicit tamen in Senatu pars illa, quae, etc.,

    Sall. J. 16, 1:

    factione respectuque rerum privatarum... Appius vicit,

    Liv. 2, 30, 2:

    cum in senatu vicisset sententia, quae, etc.,

    id. 2, 4: Othonem vincas volo, to outbid (in an auction), Cic. Att. 13, 29, 2; 13, 33, 2.—To defeat as a candidate for office:

    competitorem in suffragiis,

    Quint. 7, 1, 29.—
    D.
    Transf., of inanimate subjects.
    1.
    To overcome, overwhelm, prevail over, etc.:

    (naves) neu turbine venti Vincantur,

    Verg. A. 9, 92:

    victa ratis,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 4, 12:

    flammam gurgitibus,

    id. Am. 3, 6, 42:

    noctem flammis,

    Verg. A. 1, 727:

    vincunt aequora navitae,

    prevail against, get the better of, Hor. C. 3, 24, 41:

    victaque concessit prisca moneta novae,

    Ov. F. 1, 222:

    quernaque glans victa est utiliore cibo,

    id. ib. 1, 676:

    corpora victa sopore,

    id. ib. 1, 422; cf.:

    blanda quies furtim victis obrepsit ocellis,

    id. ib. 3, 19:

    hi casses (linei) vel ferri aciem vincunt,

    Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 11:

    campum turbā vincente,

    overflowing, Sil. 6, 390.—
    2.
    To outlast, survive:

    (aesculus) Multa virum volvens durando saecula vincit,

    Verg. G. 2, 295:

    vivendo mea fata,

    id. A. 11, 160.—
    3.
    To surmount, scale:

    aëra (sagittae),

    Verg. G. 2, 123; cf.:

    montes ascensu,

    Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 46.—
    4.
    To reduce, change, etc.;

    of cooking: nec viscera quisquam... potest vincere flammā,

    Verg. G. 3, 560:

    cochleas undis calefactas et prope victas,

    Ser. Samm. Med. 319.—Of smelting ores:

    metallorum primitiae nullis fornacibus victae,

    Tac. H. 4, 53.—Of melting snow:

    nive, quae zephyro victa tepente fluit,

    Ov. F. 2, 220.—

    Of digestion: pervigilio quidem praecipue vincuntur cibi,

    Plin. 11, 53, 118, § 283.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to prevail, be superior; to convince, refute, constrain, overcome, etc.:

    argumentis vincit,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 267:

    naturam studio,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 43:

    vincit ipsa rerum publicarum natura saepe rationem,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 33, 57; cf. id. ib. 3, 8, 13: si subitam et fortuitam orationem commentatio et cogitatio facile vincit;

    hanc ipsam profecto assidua ac diligens scriptura superabit,

    id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

    sapientis animus vincetur et expugnabitur?

    id. Par. 4, 1, 27:

    animum,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 29:

    non est consentaneum, qui invictum se a labore praestiterit, vinci a voluptate,

    Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68:

    labascit, victu'st, uno verbo, quam cito!

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 98:

    eludet, ubi te victum senserit,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 10:

    illius stultitiā victa ex urbe tu migres?

    id. Hec. 4, 2, 13:

    adulescentulus saepe eadem audiendo victus est,

    id. Heaut. 1, 1, 62:

    peccavi, fateor, vincor,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 31:

    victus patris precibus lacrimisque,

    Liv. 23, 8, 4:

    divūm pater victus tuis vocibus,

    Hor. C. 4, 6, 21:

    est qui vinci possit,

    id. S. 1, 9, 55:

    pietas Victa furore,

    id. C. 3, 27, 36:

    victus amore pudor,

    Ov. Am. 3, 10, 29:

    filia victa in lacrimas,

    Tac. A. 1, 57:

    victus animi respexit,

    Verg. G. 4, 491:

    triumphantes de lege victā et abrogatā,

    Liv. 34, 3, 9.— With ut:

    ergo negatum, vincor, ut credam miser,

    am constrained, compelled, Hor. Epod. 17, 27.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To overmatch in some quality, to surpass, exceed, excel, = superare:

    stellarum globi terrae magnitudinem facile vincebant,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16:

    opinionem vicit omnium, quae, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 1, 1:

    exspectationem omnium,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 5, § 11:

    eam (noctem) edepol etiam multo haec (nox) vicit longitudine,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 125:

    morum immanitate vastissimas vincit beluas,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 26, 48:

    quamlibet mulierculam Vincere mollitiā,

    Hor. Epod. 11, 24:

    odio qui posset vincere Regem,

    id. S. 1, 7, 6:

    scribere, quod Cassi opuscula vincat,

    id. Ep. 1, 4, 3; cf.:

    qualia (praecepta) vincunt Pythagoran,

    id. S. 2, 4, 2.— Poet. with inf.: vir nulli victus vel ponere castra vel junxisse ratem, etc., excelled by none in pitching a camp, etc., Sil. 5, 552; 6, 141.—
    2.
    To prove triumphantly, show or demonstrate conclusively.
    (α).
    With obj.-clause:

    quid nunc? vincon' argumentis te non esse Sosiam?

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 277:

    profecto ita esse, et praedico, vero vincam,

    id. Most. 1, 2, 12:

    vince deinde, bonum virum fuisse Oppianicum,

    Cic. Clu. 44, 124: dicendo vincere non postulo, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 4:

    vincet enim stultos ratio insanire nepotes,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 225.—
    (β).
    With ut:

    nec vincet ratio hoc, tantundem ut peccet idemque Qui, etc.,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 115.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    si doceo non ab Avito, vinco ab Oppianico,

    Cic. Clu. 23, 64.—
    3.
    With respect to something disputed, to prevail, gain one's point, carry the day. So only in the expressions,
    a.
    Vicimus:

    cui si esse in urbe tuto licebit, vicimus,

    Cic. Att. 14, 20, 3:

    rumpantur iniqui. Vicimus: assiduas non tulit illa preces,

    Prop. 1, 8, 28: vicimus exclamat;

    mecum mea vota feruntur,

    Ov. M. 6, 513:

    vicimus et meus est,

    id. ib. 4, 356.—
    b.
    Vincite, viceris, vincerent, have it your own way, just as you like, carry your point, an expression of reluctant assent:

    vincite, si ita vultis,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 30; Ov. M. 8, 509:

    vincerent ac sibi haberent, dummodo scirent,

    Suet. Caes. 1 fin.:

    viceris,

    Ter. And. 5, 3, 21.—
    4.
    To treat worthily, set forth with dignity ( poet.):

    nec sum animi dubius, verbis ea vincere magnum Quam sit,

    Verg. G. 3, 289; cf.:

    vincere verbis,

    Lucr. 5, 733.

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  • 2 vincō

        vincō vīcī, vīctus, ere    [1 VIC-].—In war, to conquer, overcome, get the better of, defeat, subdue, vanquish, be victorious: ut qui vicissent, iis quos vicissent imperarent, Cs.: navalibus pugnis Carthaginiensīs.—To prevail, succeed, overcome, win: iudicio: Fabio vel indice vincam, H.: factum est; vincimur, T.: Vicit iter durum pietas, made easy, V.: virgam, to win, V.: vicit tamen in Senatu pars illa, quae, etc., S.: cum in senatu vicisset sententia, quae, etc., L.: Othonem vincas volo, to outbid. —To overcome, overwhelm, prevail over: (naves) neu turbine venti Vincantur, V.: flammam gurgitibus, extinguish, O.: Vincunt aequora navitae, master, H.: Victaque concessit prisca moneta novae, O.: Blanda quies furtim victis obrepsit ocellis, O.: ubi aëra vincere summum Arboris... potuere sagittae, i. e. surmount, V.: viscera flammā, i. e. to cook, V.—To outlast, survive: (Aesculus) Multa virum volvens durando saecula vincit, V.: vivendo vici mea fata, V.—Fig., to prevail, be superior, convince, refute, constrain, overcome: naturam studio, Cs.: vincit ipsa rerum p. natura saepe rationem: vinci a voluptate: peccavi, fateor, vincor, T.: victus patris precibus lacrimisque, L.: est qui vinci possit, H.: Victus amore pudor, O.: victus animi respe<*>t, V.: Ergo negatum vincor ut credam, am constrained, H.: verbis ea vincere, i. e. to express worthily, V.—To overmatch, surpass, exceed, excel: terrae magnitudinem: morum inmanitate beluas: mulierculam mollitiā, H.: Scribere, quod Cassi opuscula vincat, H.—To prove triumphantly, show conclusively, demonstrate: si doceo non ab Habito, vinco ab Oppianico, prove (the fact): vici unam rem... vici alteram, I have established one point: vince deinde, bonum virum fuisse Oppianicum: Vincet enim stultos ratio insanire nepotes, H.: Nec vincet ratio hoc, tantumdem ut peccet idemque Qui, etc., H.—To prevail, gain the point, carry the day: cui si esse in urbe tuto licebit, vicimus: Vicimus et meus est, O.: vincite, si ita voltis, have your way, Cs.: viceris, enjoy your victory, T.
    * * *
    vincere, vici, victus V
    conquer, defeat, excel; outlast; succeed

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  • 3 deasceo

    deasceare, deasceavi, deasceatus V TRANS
    cut/shape smoothly; efface by cutting, rub out; get the better of; hew/cut w/ax

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  • 4 deascio

    deasciare, deasciavi, deasciatus V TRANS
    cut/shape smoothly; efface by cutting, rub out; get the better of; hew/cut w/ax

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  • 5 Muto

    1.
    mūto, āvi, ātum (arch. subj. mutassis, Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 49; inf. pass. mutarier, id. Men. prol. 74), 1, v. a. and n. freq. [moveo].
    I.
    Prop., to move, to move away or from its place, to move to a place (rare):

    neque se luna quoquam mutat,

    does not move, does not budge, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 117: illa tamen se Non habitu mutatve loco, does not quit her dress or her dwelling, Hor. S. 2, 7, 64:

    ne quis invitus civitate mutetur,

    be forced to leave, be driven from, Cic. Balb. 13, 30:

    hinc dum muter,

    if I can only get away from here, Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 73.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Of change in the thing spoken of itself.
    1.
    In gen.
    a.
    Act., to alter, change a thing (freq. and class.; cf.

    vario): sententiam mutare numquam,

    Cic. Mur 29, 61: ego rogatus mutavi consilium meum. id. Fam. 4, 4, 4:

    consuetudinem dicendi,

    id. Brut. 91, 314:

    mentes vestras voluntatesque,

    id. Prov. Cons. 10, 25:

    cum testamentum mutare cuperet,

    id. Clu. 11, 31: propositum. Petr. 116:

    ne haec mutet fidem,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 36: nequeo exorare [p. 1181] ut me maneat et cum illo ut mutet fidem, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 28:

    tabulas,

    to alter one's will, Juv. 14, 55.— Absol.:

    natura nescia mutari,

    incapable of change, Juv. 13, 240. —With ob:

    mutatum jus ob unius feneratoris libidinem,

    Liv. 8, 28, 1:

    facilem mutatu gentem,

    Tac. A. 14, 23.—With ad:

    gubernatori ad incursus tempestatum... ratio mutanda est,

    Quint. 10, 7, 3:

    ad singulas paene distinctiones vultus mutandus est,

    id. 11, 3, 47.—With Gr. acc.:

    mutata suos flumina cursus,

    Verg. E. 8, 4:

    negat quicquam ex Latinā ratione mutandum,

    Quint. 1, 5, 89.—With cum:

    cum illo fidem,

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 28 supra; more freq. cum aliquā re, to change with or under the influence of a thing:

    facies locorum cum ventis simul mutatur,

    Sall. J. 78, 3:

    qui cum fortunā non animum mutāsset,

    Vell. 2, 82, 2:

    quarum uvarum vini jucunditas cum regione mutatur,

    Col. 3, 2, 16; Ambros. in Abrah. 2, 10, 68.—With in and acc.:

    bona facile mutantur in pejus,

    Quint. 1, 1, 5.—With ex:

    nisi forte non ex Graeco mutantes, etc.,

    Quint. 3, 4, 14:

    ex feminis mutari in mares,

    Plin. 7, 4, 3, § 36. —With de:

    de uxore nihil mutat,

    Ter. And. 5, 4, 46.—With ab:

    quantum mutatus ab illo Hectore,

    Verg. A. 2, 274:

    longe mutatus ab illo Sampsone, qui, etc.,

    Ambros. Spir. Sanc. 2, prol. § 13.—Non mutat, with rel.-clause, it makes no difference: nec mutat confestim, an interjecto tempore, fidem suam adstrinxerunt, Pap. Dig. 46, 1, 52, § 2. —With abl. instrum. ( poet.):

    ut silvae foliis pronos mutantur in annos,

    Hor. A. P. 60.—
    b.
    Neutr., = mutari, to alter, change:

    quantum mores mutaverint argumentum,

    Liv. 39, 51, 10:

    postquam mutabat aestus,

    Tac. A. 2, 23; 12, 20:

    annona ex ante convectā copiā nihil mutavit,

    Liv. 5, 13, 1:

    mox in superbiam mutans,

    Tac. A. 12, 29:

    adeo animi mutaverant, ut clariorem inter Romanos deditio Postumium... faceret,

    Liv. 9, 12, 3:

    tantum mutāsse fortunam, ut, etc.,

    id. 29, 3, 10; 39, 51, 10.—
    (β).
    To differ, be different:

    pastiones hiberno ac verno tempore hoc mutant,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 12:

    quantum mutare a Menandro Caecilius visus est,

    Gell. 2, 23, 7.—
    (γ).
    Of style, to vary:

    an ego... poetis, et maxime tragicis concederem, ut ne omnibus locis eādem contentione uterentur, crebroque mutarent? etc.,

    Cic. Or. 31, 109.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To change the color of, to color, dye (cf.:

    inficio, imbuo): aries jam suave rubenti Murice, jam croceo mutabit vellera luto,

    Verg. E. 4, 44:

    nec lanarum colores, quibus simplex ille candor mutatus est, elui possunt,

    Quint. 1, 1, 5.—
    b.
    To change for the better, make better, to improve: placet tibi factum, Micio? Mi.:

    non, si queam mutare,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 19.—
    c.
    To change for the worse; pass., of wine, to spoil, turn, etc.:

    ac, nisi mutatum, parcit defundere vinum,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 58:

    melle mutatum (sc. balsamum),

    adulterated, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 122.—
    B.
    Of change in its relation to other things, etc.
    1.
    In gen., to change one thing, etc., for another:

    mutatis ad celeritatem jumentis,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 11:

    vestimenta mutanti tunica ardere visa est,

    Suet. Tib. 14:

    calceos et vestimenta,

    Cic. Mil. 10, 28.—Esp. freq.: mutare vestem, to change one's dress: An. Muta vestem. Ch. Ubi mutem?... An. Eamus ad me. Ibi proximum'st ubi mutes, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 61 sqq.:

    mutando nunc vestem, nunc tegumenta capitis,

    Liv. 22, 1, 3; Sen. Ep. 18, 2.—Esp., to put on the garb of mourning, of humility, etc.:

    pro me praesente senatus hominumque praeterea viginti millia vestem mutaverunt,

    Cic. post Red. ad Quir. 3, 8:

    non modo ut vestem mutaret, aut supplex prensaret homines, sed, etc.,

    Liv. 2, 61; 8, 37, 9; Cic. Sest. 11, 26; Hor. C. 1, 35, 23.—
    2.
    Esp.
    a.
    Mutata verba, i. e. figurative:

    mutata (verba), in quibus pro verbo proprio subicitur aliud, quod idem significet, sumptum ex re aliquā consequenti,

    Cic. Or. 27, 92.—
    b.
    Of style, to vary, alter:

    reliquum est ut dicas de conversā oratione atque mutatā,

    Cic. Part. Or. 7, 23:

    genus eloquendi... mutatum,

    id. ib. 5, 16.—
    c.
    Of one's assertion or promise:

    quod dixi semel, hau mutabo,

    will not break my word, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 90.—
    d.
    Of place, to change, shift, alter:

    locum ex loco mutans (sc. typhon) rapidā vertigine,

    Plin. 2, 48, 49, § 132; cf.: quod nec injussu populi mutari finibus posset, to be removed, Liv. 5, 46, 11:

    exsules sunt, etiam si solum non mutārunt,

    i. e. gone into exile, Cic. Par. 4, 31:

    jussa pars mutare Lares et urbem Sospite cursu,

    Hor. C. Sec. 39.—
    C.
    Of common or reciprocal relations, to interchange, exchange.—With cum:

    cum amplificatione vectigalium nomen Hieronicae legis mutare,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 8, § 19:

    ut vestem cum illo mutem,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 24:

    ne cujus suorum popularium mutatam secum fortunam esse vellent,

    Liv. 21, 45, 6.—With pro:

    C. Hostilio pro Etruriā Tarentum mutaverant (sonatus) provinciam, pro Tarento Capuam mutaverunt,

    Liv. 27, 35, 14:

    non debere eum incerta pro certis mutare,

    Sall. J. 83, 1:

    mutatos pro Macedonibus Romanos dominos,

    Liv. 34, 49, 6.—With abl. of that for which the exchange, etc., is made:

    quid terras alio calentes Sole mutamus (patriā),

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 19:

    victoriae possessionem incertā pace mutāsse,

    Liv. 9, 12, 2; also with abl. of that given in exchange, etc.:

    victrice patriā victam mutari,

    id. 5, 30, 3.—So esp. of trading, etc., to exchange, barter, sell, etc.:

    coepit captivos conmercari Aleos, si quem reperire possit, qui mutet suum,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 28; cf.:

    homines captivos conmercatur, si queat Aliquem invenire, suum qui mutet filium,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 33;

    1, 2, 68: hic mutat merces surgente a sole, etc.,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 29:

    mutandi copia,

    Sall. J. 18, 5.—With abl.:

    uvam Furtivā mutat strigili,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 109:

    suburbanis lactens porcus aere mutandus est,

    Col. 7, 9, 4:

    caetera reponantur, vel aere mutentur,

    id. 8, 5, 4:

    aere mutandi sunt (sc. apri),

    id. 9, 1, 7:

    quamvis Milesia magno Vellera mutentur,

    Verg. G. 3, 307; so with cum and pers. with whom the exchange is made:

    eaque mutare cum mercatoribus vino advecticio,

    Sall. J. 44, 5.—With inter:

    mutare res inter se instituerant,

    Sall. J. 18, 9.—
    D.
    To forsake, abandon, leave:

    mutare, derelinquere,

    Non. p. 351, 1:

    expertum jam principem anxii mutabant,

    Tac. H. 3, 44: mihi non persuadetur... mutem meos, Lucil. ap. Non. 351, 3: mutataque sidera pondus Quaesivere suum, i. e. forsaken or abandoned by the gods, Petr. poët. 124, 264.—Hence, mūtā-tus, a, um, P. a., changed, i. e. different, successive:

    quae (facies) mutatis inducitur atque fovetur Tot medicaminibus,

    Juv. 6, 472.
    2.
    mūto, ōnis, m., = membrum virile (rare and only poet.), Lucil. ap. Porphyr. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 68; also id. ib. Orell. (K. and H. muttonis).
    3.
    Mūto, a Roman surname, Cic. Fragm. Or. pro Fundan. p. 445 Orell.

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  • 6 muto

    1.
    mūto, āvi, ātum (arch. subj. mutassis, Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 49; inf. pass. mutarier, id. Men. prol. 74), 1, v. a. and n. freq. [moveo].
    I.
    Prop., to move, to move away or from its place, to move to a place (rare):

    neque se luna quoquam mutat,

    does not move, does not budge, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 117: illa tamen se Non habitu mutatve loco, does not quit her dress or her dwelling, Hor. S. 2, 7, 64:

    ne quis invitus civitate mutetur,

    be forced to leave, be driven from, Cic. Balb. 13, 30:

    hinc dum muter,

    if I can only get away from here, Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 73.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Of change in the thing spoken of itself.
    1.
    In gen.
    a.
    Act., to alter, change a thing (freq. and class.; cf.

    vario): sententiam mutare numquam,

    Cic. Mur 29, 61: ego rogatus mutavi consilium meum. id. Fam. 4, 4, 4:

    consuetudinem dicendi,

    id. Brut. 91, 314:

    mentes vestras voluntatesque,

    id. Prov. Cons. 10, 25:

    cum testamentum mutare cuperet,

    id. Clu. 11, 31: propositum. Petr. 116:

    ne haec mutet fidem,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 36: nequeo exorare [p. 1181] ut me maneat et cum illo ut mutet fidem, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 28:

    tabulas,

    to alter one's will, Juv. 14, 55.— Absol.:

    natura nescia mutari,

    incapable of change, Juv. 13, 240. —With ob:

    mutatum jus ob unius feneratoris libidinem,

    Liv. 8, 28, 1:

    facilem mutatu gentem,

    Tac. A. 14, 23.—With ad:

    gubernatori ad incursus tempestatum... ratio mutanda est,

    Quint. 10, 7, 3:

    ad singulas paene distinctiones vultus mutandus est,

    id. 11, 3, 47.—With Gr. acc.:

    mutata suos flumina cursus,

    Verg. E. 8, 4:

    negat quicquam ex Latinā ratione mutandum,

    Quint. 1, 5, 89.—With cum:

    cum illo fidem,

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 28 supra; more freq. cum aliquā re, to change with or under the influence of a thing:

    facies locorum cum ventis simul mutatur,

    Sall. J. 78, 3:

    qui cum fortunā non animum mutāsset,

    Vell. 2, 82, 2:

    quarum uvarum vini jucunditas cum regione mutatur,

    Col. 3, 2, 16; Ambros. in Abrah. 2, 10, 68.—With in and acc.:

    bona facile mutantur in pejus,

    Quint. 1, 1, 5.—With ex:

    nisi forte non ex Graeco mutantes, etc.,

    Quint. 3, 4, 14:

    ex feminis mutari in mares,

    Plin. 7, 4, 3, § 36. —With de:

    de uxore nihil mutat,

    Ter. And. 5, 4, 46.—With ab:

    quantum mutatus ab illo Hectore,

    Verg. A. 2, 274:

    longe mutatus ab illo Sampsone, qui, etc.,

    Ambros. Spir. Sanc. 2, prol. § 13.—Non mutat, with rel.-clause, it makes no difference: nec mutat confestim, an interjecto tempore, fidem suam adstrinxerunt, Pap. Dig. 46, 1, 52, § 2. —With abl. instrum. ( poet.):

    ut silvae foliis pronos mutantur in annos,

    Hor. A. P. 60.—
    b.
    Neutr., = mutari, to alter, change:

    quantum mores mutaverint argumentum,

    Liv. 39, 51, 10:

    postquam mutabat aestus,

    Tac. A. 2, 23; 12, 20:

    annona ex ante convectā copiā nihil mutavit,

    Liv. 5, 13, 1:

    mox in superbiam mutans,

    Tac. A. 12, 29:

    adeo animi mutaverant, ut clariorem inter Romanos deditio Postumium... faceret,

    Liv. 9, 12, 3:

    tantum mutāsse fortunam, ut, etc.,

    id. 29, 3, 10; 39, 51, 10.—
    (β).
    To differ, be different:

    pastiones hiberno ac verno tempore hoc mutant,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 12:

    quantum mutare a Menandro Caecilius visus est,

    Gell. 2, 23, 7.—
    (γ).
    Of style, to vary:

    an ego... poetis, et maxime tragicis concederem, ut ne omnibus locis eādem contentione uterentur, crebroque mutarent? etc.,

    Cic. Or. 31, 109.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To change the color of, to color, dye (cf.:

    inficio, imbuo): aries jam suave rubenti Murice, jam croceo mutabit vellera luto,

    Verg. E. 4, 44:

    nec lanarum colores, quibus simplex ille candor mutatus est, elui possunt,

    Quint. 1, 1, 5.—
    b.
    To change for the better, make better, to improve: placet tibi factum, Micio? Mi.:

    non, si queam mutare,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 19.—
    c.
    To change for the worse; pass., of wine, to spoil, turn, etc.:

    ac, nisi mutatum, parcit defundere vinum,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 58:

    melle mutatum (sc. balsamum),

    adulterated, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 122.—
    B.
    Of change in its relation to other things, etc.
    1.
    In gen., to change one thing, etc., for another:

    mutatis ad celeritatem jumentis,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 11:

    vestimenta mutanti tunica ardere visa est,

    Suet. Tib. 14:

    calceos et vestimenta,

    Cic. Mil. 10, 28.—Esp. freq.: mutare vestem, to change one's dress: An. Muta vestem. Ch. Ubi mutem?... An. Eamus ad me. Ibi proximum'st ubi mutes, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 61 sqq.:

    mutando nunc vestem, nunc tegumenta capitis,

    Liv. 22, 1, 3; Sen. Ep. 18, 2.—Esp., to put on the garb of mourning, of humility, etc.:

    pro me praesente senatus hominumque praeterea viginti millia vestem mutaverunt,

    Cic. post Red. ad Quir. 3, 8:

    non modo ut vestem mutaret, aut supplex prensaret homines, sed, etc.,

    Liv. 2, 61; 8, 37, 9; Cic. Sest. 11, 26; Hor. C. 1, 35, 23.—
    2.
    Esp.
    a.
    Mutata verba, i. e. figurative:

    mutata (verba), in quibus pro verbo proprio subicitur aliud, quod idem significet, sumptum ex re aliquā consequenti,

    Cic. Or. 27, 92.—
    b.
    Of style, to vary, alter:

    reliquum est ut dicas de conversā oratione atque mutatā,

    Cic. Part. Or. 7, 23:

    genus eloquendi... mutatum,

    id. ib. 5, 16.—
    c.
    Of one's assertion or promise:

    quod dixi semel, hau mutabo,

    will not break my word, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 90.—
    d.
    Of place, to change, shift, alter:

    locum ex loco mutans (sc. typhon) rapidā vertigine,

    Plin. 2, 48, 49, § 132; cf.: quod nec injussu populi mutari finibus posset, to be removed, Liv. 5, 46, 11:

    exsules sunt, etiam si solum non mutārunt,

    i. e. gone into exile, Cic. Par. 4, 31:

    jussa pars mutare Lares et urbem Sospite cursu,

    Hor. C. Sec. 39.—
    C.
    Of common or reciprocal relations, to interchange, exchange.—With cum:

    cum amplificatione vectigalium nomen Hieronicae legis mutare,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 8, § 19:

    ut vestem cum illo mutem,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 24:

    ne cujus suorum popularium mutatam secum fortunam esse vellent,

    Liv. 21, 45, 6.—With pro:

    C. Hostilio pro Etruriā Tarentum mutaverant (sonatus) provinciam, pro Tarento Capuam mutaverunt,

    Liv. 27, 35, 14:

    non debere eum incerta pro certis mutare,

    Sall. J. 83, 1:

    mutatos pro Macedonibus Romanos dominos,

    Liv. 34, 49, 6.—With abl. of that for which the exchange, etc., is made:

    quid terras alio calentes Sole mutamus (patriā),

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 19:

    victoriae possessionem incertā pace mutāsse,

    Liv. 9, 12, 2; also with abl. of that given in exchange, etc.:

    victrice patriā victam mutari,

    id. 5, 30, 3.—So esp. of trading, etc., to exchange, barter, sell, etc.:

    coepit captivos conmercari Aleos, si quem reperire possit, qui mutet suum,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 28; cf.:

    homines captivos conmercatur, si queat Aliquem invenire, suum qui mutet filium,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 33;

    1, 2, 68: hic mutat merces surgente a sole, etc.,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 29:

    mutandi copia,

    Sall. J. 18, 5.—With abl.:

    uvam Furtivā mutat strigili,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 109:

    suburbanis lactens porcus aere mutandus est,

    Col. 7, 9, 4:

    caetera reponantur, vel aere mutentur,

    id. 8, 5, 4:

    aere mutandi sunt (sc. apri),

    id. 9, 1, 7:

    quamvis Milesia magno Vellera mutentur,

    Verg. G. 3, 307; so with cum and pers. with whom the exchange is made:

    eaque mutare cum mercatoribus vino advecticio,

    Sall. J. 44, 5.—With inter:

    mutare res inter se instituerant,

    Sall. J. 18, 9.—
    D.
    To forsake, abandon, leave:

    mutare, derelinquere,

    Non. p. 351, 1:

    expertum jam principem anxii mutabant,

    Tac. H. 3, 44: mihi non persuadetur... mutem meos, Lucil. ap. Non. 351, 3: mutataque sidera pondus Quaesivere suum, i. e. forsaken or abandoned by the gods, Petr. poët. 124, 264.—Hence, mūtā-tus, a, um, P. a., changed, i. e. different, successive:

    quae (facies) mutatis inducitur atque fovetur Tot medicaminibus,

    Juv. 6, 472.
    2.
    mūto, ōnis, m., = membrum virile (rare and only poet.), Lucil. ap. Porphyr. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 68; also id. ib. Orell. (K. and H. muttonis).
    3.
    Mūto, a Roman surname, Cic. Fragm. Or. pro Fundan. p. 445 Orell.

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  • 7 effero

    1.
    ef-fĕro or ecfĕro (cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 766), extŭli, ēlatum, efferre or ecferre, v. a., to bring or carry out, to bring forth (very freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    ex navi,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 82; cf.

    tela, etc., ex aedibus Cethegi,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 3 fin.:

    argentum jubeo jam intus efferri foras,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 62; cf. id. ib. 4, 9, 127; id. Most. 2, 1, 58; id. Mil. 4, 8, 4:

    argentum ad aliquem,

    id. Epid. 5, 1, 27; id. Truc. 3, 1, 16:

    machaeram huc,

    id. Mil. 2, 5, 53; cf. id. Stich. 2, 2, 28:

    puerum extra aedes usquam,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 48:

    cistellam domo,

    id. Eun. 4, 6, 15; cf.:

    cibaria sibi quemque domo,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 5, 3:

    frumentum ab Ilerda,

    id. B. C. 1, 78, 1:

    piscem de custodia,

    Col. 8, 17 fin.:

    litteras,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 4:

    mucronem,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 2; cf.:

    vexilla, signa, arma (e castris, extra fines, etc.),

    Liv. 10, 19; 27, 2; 29, 21; Tac. H. 3, 31 al.:

    ferrum a latere deripuit, elatumque deferebat in pectus,

    id. A. 1, 35 fin.: Colchis pedem, Enn. ap. Non. 297, 20; so,

    pedem,

    Verg. A. 2, 657; cf.

    pedem aedibus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 19:

    pedem portā,

    Cic. Att. 6, 8, 5; 7, 2, 6; Suet. Tib. 38:

    pedem quoquam,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 97:

    se hinc (ignis),

    Lucr. 6, 89 and 385:

    se vallo (equus),

    Tac. A. 15, 7:

    Furium longius extulit cursus,

    Liv. 3, 5; cf.:

    Messium impetus per hostes extulit,

    id. 4, 29.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Like the Gr. ekpherô, to carry out (of the house) for burial, to bear to the grave, to bury (cf.: cremo, humo, sepelio, prosequor): optumum'st Loces illum efferendum;

    nam jam credo mortuus est,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 32; id. Most. 4, 3, 8 sqq.; Ter. And. 1, 1, 90 Don. and Ruhnk.; 1, 1, 101; Cic. N. D. 3, 32, 80; Nep. Att. 17; Liv. 2, 33; 3, 18 fin.; Quint. 8, 5, 21; Suet. Aug. 99; Hor. S. 2, 5, 85; Vulg. Luc. 7, 12.—
    b.
    Transf.: meo unius funere elata populi Romani esset res publica, carried to burial, i. e. overthrown, destroyed, Liv. 28, 28; 24, 22; 31, 29.—
    2.
    Of a fruit-bearing soil, to bring forth, bear, produce:

    id, quod agri efferant,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 4 fin.; id. Brut. 4, 16; cf. also id. Verr. 2, 3, 47 fin.; 86 al.—
    b.
    Transf.:

    ea, quae efferant aliquid ex sese, perfectiores habere naturas quam, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 33 fin.; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 109; poet.:

    (Italia) genus acre virum,

    Verg. G. 2, 169.—
    3.
    Of motion in an upward direction (cf.: erigo and educo, II. B. 1.), to lift up, elevate, raise, exalt, Lucil. ap. Non. 297, 25:

    aliquem in murum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 47 fin.:

    pars operis in altitudinem turris elata,

    id. B. C. 2, 8 fin.; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 103; and Suet. Calig. 32:

    corvus e conspectu elatus,

    Liv. 7, 26:

    pulvis elatus,

    id. 4, 33:

    elata super capita scuta,

    Tac. H. 3, 27: jubar (luna), Petron. Poët. 89, 2, 54; poet.:

    caput Auctumnus agris extulit,

    Hor. Epod. 2, 18.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To set forth, spread abroad, utter, publish, proclaim:

    clamorem,

    to raise, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 73:

    quod neque in vulgum disciplinam efferri velint, neque, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 14, 4; cf. Plin. 2, 12, 9:

    vocem ejus in vulgus,

    Tac. A. 12, 21:

    tuum peccatum foras,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 65 Ruhnk.:

    hoc foras,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 3; so,

    clandestina consilia,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 1, 6:

    rem,

    id. ib. 7, 2, 2:

    has meas ineptias,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 24, 111:

    divinitus dicta,

    id. ib. 3, 1 fin. et saep.—With a rel. clause:

    posteaquam in volgus militum elatum est, qua arrogantia in colloquio Ariovistus usus, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 46, 4.—
    2.
    In partic., of speech, to utter, pronounce, express, declare:

    verbum de verbo expressum extulit,

    Ter. Ad. prol. 11:

    ut verba inter se ra tione conjuncta sententiam efferant,

    Varr. L. L. 8, § 1 Müll.:

    si graves sententiae inconditis verbis efferuntur,

    Cic. Or. 44, 150; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 13:

    quae incisim aut membratim efferuntur, ea, etc.,

    Cic. Or. 67; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 33; 8, 3, 40; 10, 2, 17: pleraque utroque modo efferuntur, luxuriatur, luxuriat, etc., id. 9, 3, 7; cf. id. 1, 5, 16; 64; 2, 14, 2.—
    B.
    In the pass., qs. to be carried out of one's self by passions, feelings, etc.; to be carried away, transported, hurried away: usque adeo studio atque odio illius efferor ira, Lucil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 21 fin.; so,

    studio,

    Cic. de Sen. 23, 83; id. Att. 1, 8, 2; id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.; Caes. B. C. 1, 45, 2; cf.

    cupiditate,

    Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49:

    vi naturae atque ingenii,

    id. Mur. 31, 65:

    laetitia,

    id. Deiot. 9, 26 (cf. act.:

    comitia ista praeclara, quae me laetitia extulerunt,

    id. Fam. 2, 10):

    incredibili gaudio,

    id. Fam. 10, 12, 2; cf. id. Rep. 3, 30; Suet. Caes. 22:

    voluptate canendi ac saltandi,

    id. Calig. 54:

    popularitate,

    id. Ner. 53.—
    C.
    (Acc. to I. B. 3.) To raise, elevate, exalt:

    pretia alicujus rei,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 6 fin.:

    quorum animi altius se extulerunt,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 3:

    aliquem ad summum imperium per omnes honorum gradus,

    id. Cat. 1, 11, 28; cf.:

    aliquem supra leges,

    Tac. A. 2, 34; and:

    aliquem geminatis consulatibus,

    id. ib. 1, 3; cf. also id. ib. 4, 40:

    aliquem pecunia aut honore,

    Sall. J. 49, 4:

    patriam demersam extuli,

    Cic. Sull. 31, 87; cf. Nep. Dion. 6; Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 34:

    aliquem maximis laudibus,

    id. Off. 2, 10, 36; cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 87:

    aliquem summis laudibus ad caelum,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 14; cf. Nep. Dion. 7 fin.:

    aliquid maximis laudibus,

    Cic. Lael. 7, 24:

    aliquem laudibus,

    Tac. A. 3, 72:

    aliquem verbis,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 52:

    aliquid versibus,

    id. Rep. 1, 14;

    and simply aliquid,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 56; Tac. A. 2, 63:

    aliquem in summum odium,

    id. H. 4, 42; cf.:

    rem in summam invidiam,

    Quint. 8, 4, 19.—
    2.
    In partic., with se, to raise, elevate one's self; to rise, advance (cf.:

    appareo, eluceo, exsisto): cum (virtus) se extulit et ostendit suum lumen,

    Cic. Lael. 27; cf.

    so with a figure borrowed from the heavenly bodies: qua in urbe (Athenis) primum se orator extulit,

    id. Brut. 7, 26:

    volo se efferat in adolescente fecunditas,

    id. de Or. 2, 21.—
    b.
    In a bad sense, with se, or in the [p. 629] pass., to lift up one's self, to carry one's self high; to be puffed up, haughty, proud on account of any thing (the figure being borrowed from a prancing horse; cf. Liv. 30, 20; and Quint. 10, 3, 10):

    nec cohibendo efferentem se fortunam, quanto altius elatus erat, eo foedius corruit (Atilius),

    Liv. 30, 30:

    quod aut cupias ardenter aut adeptus ecferas te insolenter,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 39:

    qui enim victoria se ecferunt, quasi victos nos intuentur,

    id. Fam. 9, 2, 2; cf.:

    se altius et incivilius,

    Flor. 1, 26, 8:

    sese audacia, scelere atque superbia,

    Sall. J. 14, 11:

    hic me magnifice effero,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 31:

    (fortunati) efferuntur fere fastidio et contumacia,

    Cic. Lael. 15, 54:

    se efferre in potestate,

    to be insolent in office, id. de Or. 2, 84, 342.—Esp. freq. in the part. perf.:

    stulta ac barbara arrogantia elati,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 59, 3:

    recenti victoria,

    id. B. G. 5, 47, 4:

    spe celeris victoriae,

    id. ib. 7, 47, 3:

    gloria,

    id. B. C. 3, 79, 6:

    elatus et inflatus his rebus,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:

    secunda fortuna magnisque opibus,

    Nep. Alcib. 7, 3; id. Milt. 7, 2:

    elatus ad vanam fiduciam,

    Curt. 3, 19, 10;

    but also: ad justam fiduciam,

    Liv. 27, 8, 7 et saep.—In the act. (rare, and with a fig. perh. borrowed from the wind): is demum vir erit, cujus animum nec prospera (fortuna) flatu suo efferet ( elates, inflates), nec adversa infringet, Liv. 45, 8 fin. —
    D.
    Ante-class. and very rare, to carry out to the end, to support, endure: laborem, Att. ap. Cic. Sest. 48; cf.: malum patiendo, to get rid of, do away with, Cic. Poët. Tusc. 4, 29, 63 (but not in Lucr. 1, 141, where the better reading is sufferre).—Hence, ēlā-tus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 3. and II. C. 2.), exalted, lofty, high (rare; cf.: superbus, insolens, arrogans, etc.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    modo in elatiora modo in depressiora clivi,

    Col. 2, 4, 10:

    elatissimae lucernae,

    Tert. Apol. 53.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    animus magnus elatusque,

    Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; id. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:

    verba,

    high-sounding, id. Or. 36, 124;

    hoc casu elatior Julianus,

    Amm. 21, 4, 7; Vulg. Rom. 1, 30:

    insula opibus,

    Nep. Milt. 7, 2. — Adv.: ēlāte, loftily, proudly:

    elate et ample loqui, opp. humiliter demisseque sentire,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 9:

    dicere (opp. summisse),

    id. Opt. Gen. 4, 10.— Comp.:

    se gerere,

    Nep. Paus. 2, 3:

    elatius et arrogantius praefatur,

    Gell. 9, 15, 4.
    2.
    ef-fĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [ex-ferus], to make wild, savage, fierce (class.; most freq. since the Aug. per.).
    I.
    Physically:

    terram immanitate beluarum efferari,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 99:

    speciem oris,

    Liv. 2, 23; cf.

    vultum,

    Suet. Calig. 50:

    efferantia sese ulcera,

    becoming aggravated, malignant, Plin. 26, 14, 87, § 146.— Poet.:

    Mars efferat aurum,

    i. e. works up into weapons, Stat. Achill. 1, 425; cf.:

    homo qui magnae artis subtilitate tantum efferavit argentum,

    i. e. wrought into the figures of beasts, App. M. 5, p. 159, 14.—
    II.
    Mentally:

    gentes sic immanitate efferatae,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 23; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 14, 32:

    militem dux ipse efferavit,

    Liv. 23, 5; cf. id. 2, 29:

    animos,

    id. 1, 19; 25, 26:

    ingenia,

    Curt. 8, 2; 9, 19:

    efferavit ea caedes Thebanos omnes ad exsecrabile odium Romanorum,

    exasperated, Liv. 33, 29; cf. Vulg. Dan. 8, 7.—Hence, effĕrātus, a, um, P. a., wild, savage, fierce:

    sunt enim multa ecferata et immania, quaedam autem humanitatis quoque habent primam speciem,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 14, 32:

    vultus,

    Petr. 82, 1:

    animi,

    Vulg. 2 Macc. 5, 11.— Comp.:

    mores ritusque,

    Liv. 34, 24.— Sup.:

    effectus,

    Sen. Ep. 121, 4:

    canes in homines,

    Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 3, 18.— Adv.: effĕrāte, fiercely:

    saevire,

    Lact. 5, 20, 10.

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  • 8 mūtō

        mūtō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [moveo].—Of motion, to move, move away, remove: se Non habitu mutatve loco, quit her dress or her dwelling, H.: coactus civitate mutari, be forced to leave: hinc dum muter, if I can only get away, O.: haec mutata, transplanted, V.—Of alteration, to alter, change, transform, vary, modify: sententiam paucis mutatis rebus sequi, with trifling modifications, Cs.: consilium meum: consuetudinem dicendi: testamentum: tabulas, one's will, Iu.: cum illo ut mutet fidem, T.: natura nescia mutari, incapable of change, Iu.: Mutati fremunt venti, shifted, V.: faciem mutatus, transformed in appearance, V.: facies locorum cum ventis simul mutatur, S.: mutatis ad misericordiam animis, turned, L.: quantum mutatus ab illo Hectore, V.: acetum, Quod vitio mutaverit uvam, by fermentation has turned, H.: (lupum) marmore, into marble, O.— To suffer change, alter, change: de uxore nihil mutat, T.: quantum mores mutaverint, L.: annona ex ante convectā copiā nihil mutavit, L.—Of style, to vary, change, diversify: an ego poetis concederem, ut crebro mutarent?: genus eloquendi... mutatum: mutata (verba), used figuratively.—To change in color, color, dye: aries iam croceo mutabit vellera luto, V.— To change, make better, improve: Placet tibi factum, Micio? Mi. non si queam mutare, T.— To change for the worse, spoil, turn: mutatum vinum, H.—Of substitution, to change, replace, make a change in: mutatis ad celeritatem iumentis, Cs.: calceos et vestimenta: arma ornatumque, S.: tegumenta capitis, L.: vestitum, put on mourning: mutatā Veste (Fortuna), assuming a squalid garb, H.—Of place, to change, shift, alter: mutari finibus, to be removed, L.: solum, i. e. go into exile: caelum, non animum, H.: calores (i. e. amores), Pr.—Of exchange, to interchange, exchange: cum amplificatione vectigalium nomen Hieronicae legis mutare: ut vestem cum eo mutem, T.: mutata secum fortuna, L.: incerta pro certis, S.: mutatos pro Macedonibus Romanos dominos, L.: pace bellum, S.: victoriae possessionem pace incertā, L.: mitibus Mutare tristia, H. — To exchange, barter, sell: Hic mutat merces surgente a sole, etc., H.: mutandi copia, S.: uvam Furtivā strigili, H.: quamvis Milesia magno Vellera mutentur, are sold dear, V.: eaque mutare cum mercatoribus vino advecticio, S.: res inter se, S.— To forsake: principem, Ta.
    * * *
    I
    mutare, mutavi, mutatus V
    move, change, shift, alter, exchange, substitute (for); modify
    II
    penis; (rude)

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  • 9 proficio

    prōfĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3, v. n and a. [pro-facio], to go forward, advance, gain ground, make progress.
    I.
    Lit. (very rare):

    cum quinqueremis sola non proficeret,

    Plin. 32, 1, 1, § 4.—
    II.
    Trop., to go on, advance, make progress; to profit, derive advantage; to perform, effect, accomplish, obtain, etc. (class.; cf. procedo).
    A.
    Of persons:

    si nihil in oppugnatione oppidi profecisset,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 20:

    ubi diligentiā nostrorum nihil his rebus profici posse intellexerunt,

    id. ib. 3, 21:

    plus multitudine telorum,

    id. ib. 7, 82:

    loci opportunitate,

    id. B. C. 3, 23:

    antesignani tantum profecere, ut pellerent omnes,

    id. ib. 3, 75:

    multum profecit,

    Nep. Eum. 10, 1: si modo in philosophiā aliquid profecimus, have made any progress, Cic. [p. 1458] Off. 3, 8, 37:

    ea,

    id. de Or. 2, 21 fin. —Of the sick, to get better:

    si quidquam profecerint, Cael. Aur Acut. 2, 10, 71 proficiens aegrotus,

    id. ib. 2, 11, 81 —
    B.
    Of manim subjects, to grow, increase (mostly post-Aug.):

    id (vitis genus) quod umore proficit,

    Col. 3, 20:

    proficiente pretio,

    rising, Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 57.—In pass.:

    sed etiam ad summam profectum aliquid puto,

    Cic. Att. 7, 13, 1:

    postquam nihil proficiebatur,

    Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 122.—In a bad sense:

    proficere in pejus,

    to become worse and worse, Vulg. 2 Tim. 3, 13.—
    2.
    In partic., to be useful, serviceable, advantageous, etc., to effect, accomplish; to help, tend, contribute, conduce (class.; cf.

    prosum) ea suo quaeque loco, ubi plurimum proficere et valere possent, collocabat,

    Cic. Brut. 37, 139:

    nulla res tantum ad dicendum proficit, quantum scriptio,

    id. ib. 24, 92;

    Liv 3, 61: profectura aliquid tum tua verba puta, Ov P. 3, 1, 138: aut nihil in melius tot rerum proficit usus?

    Juv. 13, 18.—Of remedies:

    radice vel herbā Proficiente nihil,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 150; nec alia res celerius proficit, is of service, Plin 27, 11, 72, §

    96: axungia proficit ad strumas,

    id. 28, 9, 37, § 140;

    pirorum ligni cinis contra fungos efficacius proficit,

    id. 23, 7, 62, § 116:

    radix anethi vel in febribus proficit,

    id. 20, 23, 98, § 260.— Impers.:

    multum proficiet illud demonstrare, quemadmodum scripsisset,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 41, 120.—Hence, prōfĭcĭenter, adv., successfully (eccl. Lat.), Aug Ep. 80: incedere, Hil. Trin. 1, 22; Cassiod in Psa. 133, 2.

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