to+get+from+one+place+to+another

• ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ПОРОГИ( чьи) < ПОРОГ (чей)> (чего, у кого, где; ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ВСЕ ПОРОГИ < ВЕСЬ ПОРОГ> (у кого, где) all coll

[VP; subj: human; usu. impfv]

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⇒ (usu. in refer, to trying to obtain sth. important for one's job or career from one's superior(s) or some organization(s); may refer to a person trying to get a job, a man trying to gain the affection of a woman etc) to go to some place(s) repeatedly, persistently requesting sth.:

- X обивает пороги≈ X beats down doors;

|| X обивает Y-ов порог≈ X haunts (hangs around) Y's door(way);

|| X обивает пороги редакций (школ и т. п.) ≈ X haunts the door(way)s of various editorial (principals? etc) offices;

- X haunts (the) editors' <(the) principals' etc> offices;

- X runs from one editorial (principal's etc) office to another;

- X pesters every editor (principal etc) (in town).

     ♦ "Я, конечно, напишу..." - "Напишу! Ты весь в этом. Не писать надо, а ехать, лично просить, пороги обивать!" (Стругацкие 1). "Of course I'll write-" "You'll write! That's just like you. It's not writing you have to do, you have to go there, ask in person, beat down doors" (1a).

     ♦ Статейки эти... быстро пошли в ход, и уж в этом одном молодой человек оказал всё своё практическое и умственное превосходство над тою многочисленною, вечно нуждающеюся и несчастною частью нашей учащейся молодёжи обоего пола, которая в столицах... с утра до ночи обивает пороги разных газет и журналов... (Достоевский 1). These little articles... were soon in great demand; and even in this alone the young man demonstrated his practical and intellectual superiority over that eternally needy and miserable mass of our students of both sexes who, in our capitals, from morning till night...haunt the doorways of various newspapers and magazines... (1a).

     ♦ [Тригорин:] Такой любви я не испытал ещё... В молодости было некогда, я обивал пороги редакций, боролся с нуждой... (Чехов 6). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that....In my youth there wasn't time, I was always haunting the editors' offices, fighting off poverty... (6a). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that. As a young man, I never had time; I was too busy running from one editorial office to another, trying to earn a living (6b).

     ♦ "Весьма обнадёживающе заявивший о себе ранее молодой поэт-колхозник Влад Самсонов из станицы Пластуновской, бросив семью и работу, ведёт богемный образ жизни, обивая пороги редакций со стихами, оставляющими желать много лучшего" (Максимов 2). "Vlad Samsonov, the peasant poet from the village of Plastunovskaya, whose early work was extremely promising, having abandoned his family and his work is now living a bohemian life and is pestering every editor in town with verses that leave a great deal to be desired" (2a).

• ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ПОРОГИ( чьи) < ПОРОГ (чей)> (чего, у кого, где; ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ВСЕ ПОРОГИ < ВЕСЬ ПОРОГ> (у кого, где) all coll

[VP; subj: human; usu. impfv]

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⇒ (usu. in refer, to trying to obtain sth. important for one's job or career from one's superior(s) or some organization(s); may refer to a person trying to get a job, a man trying to gain the affection of a woman etc) to go to some place(s) repeatedly, persistently requesting sth.:

- X обивает пороги≈ X beats down doors;

|| X обивает Y-ов порог≈ X haunts (hangs around) Y's door(way);

|| X обивает пороги редакций (школ и т. п.) ≈ X haunts the door(way)s of various editorial (principals? etc) offices;

- X haunts (the) editors' <(the) principals' etc> offices;

- X runs from one editorial (principal's etc) office to another;

- X pesters every editor (principal etc) (in town).

     ♦ "Я, конечно, напишу..." - "Напишу! Ты весь в этом. Не писать надо, а ехать, лично просить, пороги обивать!" (Стругацкие 1). "Of course I'll write-" "You'll write! That's just like you. It's not writing you have to do, you have to go there, ask in person, beat down doors" (1a).

     ♦ Статейки эти... быстро пошли в ход, и уж в этом одном молодой человек оказал всё своё практическое и умственное превосходство над тою многочисленною, вечно нуждающеюся и несчастною частью нашей учащейся молодёжи обоего пола, которая в столицах... с утра до ночи обивает пороги разных газет и журналов... (Достоевский 1). These little articles... were soon in great demand; and even in this alone the young man demonstrated his practical and intellectual superiority over that eternally needy and miserable mass of our students of both sexes who, in our capitals, from morning till night...haunt the doorways of various newspapers and magazines... (1a).

     ♦ [Тригорин:] Такой любви я не испытал ещё... В молодости было некогда, я обивал пороги редакций, боролся с нуждой... (Чехов 6). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that....In my youth there wasn't time, I was always haunting the editors' offices, fighting off poverty... (6a). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that. As a young man, I never had time; I was too busy running from one editorial office to another, trying to earn a living (6b).

     ♦ "Весьма обнадёживающе заявивший о себе ранее молодой поэт-колхозник Влад Самсонов из станицы Пластуновской, бросив семью и работу, ведёт богемный образ жизни, обивая пороги редакций со стихами, оставляющими желать много лучшего" (Максимов 2). "Vlad Samsonov, the peasant poet from the village of Plastunovskaya, whose early work was extremely promising, having abandoned his family and his work is now living a bohemian life and is pestering every editor in town with verses that leave a great deal to be desired" (2a).

• ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ПОРОГИ( чьи) < ПОРОГ (чей)> (чего, у кого, где; ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ВСЕ ПОРОГИ < ВЕСЬ ПОРОГ> (у кого, где) all coll

[VP; subj: human; usu. impfv]

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⇒ (usu. in refer, to trying to obtain sth. important for one's job or career from one's superior(s) or some organization(s); may refer to a person trying to get a job, a man trying to gain the affection of a woman etc) to go to some place(s) repeatedly, persistently requesting sth.:

- X обивает пороги≈ X beats down doors;

|| X обивает Y-ов порог≈ X haunts (hangs around) Y's door(way);

|| X обивает пороги редакций (школ и т. п.) ≈ X haunts the door(way)s of various editorial (principals? etc) offices;

- X haunts (the) editors' <(the) principals' etc> offices;

- X runs from one editorial (principal's etc) office to another;

- X pesters every editor (principal etc) (in town).

     ♦ "Я, конечно, напишу..." - "Напишу! Ты весь в этом. Не писать надо, а ехать, лично просить, пороги обивать!" (Стругацкие 1). "Of course I'll write-" "You'll write! That's just like you. It's not writing you have to do, you have to go there, ask in person, beat down doors" (1a).

     ♦ Статейки эти... быстро пошли в ход, и уж в этом одном молодой человек оказал всё своё практическое и умственное превосходство над тою многочисленною, вечно нуждающеюся и несчастною частью нашей учащейся молодёжи обоего пола, которая в столицах... с утра до ночи обивает пороги разных газет и журналов... (Достоевский 1). These little articles... were soon in great demand; and even in this alone the young man demonstrated his practical and intellectual superiority over that eternally needy and miserable mass of our students of both sexes who, in our capitals, from morning till night...haunt the doorways of various newspapers and magazines... (1a).

     ♦ [Тригорин:] Такой любви я не испытал ещё... В молодости было некогда, я обивал пороги редакций, боролся с нуждой... (Чехов 6). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that....In my youth there wasn't time, I was always haunting the editors' offices, fighting off poverty... (6a). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that. As a young man, I never had time; I was too busy running from one editorial office to another, trying to earn a living (6b).

     ♦ "Весьма обнадёживающе заявивший о себе ранее молодой поэт-колхозник Влад Самсонов из станицы Пластуновской, бросив семью и работу, ведёт богемный образ жизни, обивая пороги редакций со стихами, оставляющими желать много лучшего" (Максимов 2). "Vlad Samsonov, the peasant poet from the village of Plastunovskaya, whose early work was extremely promising, having abandoned his family and his work is now living a bohemian life and is pestering every editor in town with verses that leave a great deal to be desired" (2a).

• ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ПОРОГИ( чьи) < ПОРОГ (чей)> (чего, у кого, где; ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ВСЕ ПОРОГИ < ВЕСЬ ПОРОГ> (у кого, где) all coll

[VP; subj: human; usu. impfv]

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⇒ (usu. in refer, to trying to obtain sth. important for one's job or career from one's superior(s) or some organization(s); may refer to a person trying to get a job, a man trying to gain the affection of a woman etc) to go to some place(s) repeatedly, persistently requesting sth.:

- X обивает пороги≈ X beats down doors;

|| X обивает Y-ов порог≈ X haunts (hangs around) Y's door(way);

|| X обивает пороги редакций (школ и т. п.) ≈ X haunts the door(way)s of various editorial (principals? etc) offices;

- X haunts (the) editors' <(the) principals' etc> offices;

- X runs from one editorial (principal's etc) office to another;

- X pesters every editor (principal etc) (in town).

     ♦ "Я, конечно, напишу..." - "Напишу! Ты весь в этом. Не писать надо, а ехать, лично просить, пороги обивать!" (Стругацкие 1). "Of course I'll write-" "You'll write! That's just like you. It's not writing you have to do, you have to go there, ask in person, beat down doors" (1a).

     ♦ Статейки эти... быстро пошли в ход, и уж в этом одном молодой человек оказал всё своё практическое и умственное превосходство над тою многочисленною, вечно нуждающеюся и несчастною частью нашей учащейся молодёжи обоего пола, которая в столицах... с утра до ночи обивает пороги разных газет и журналов... (Достоевский 1). These little articles... were soon in great demand; and even in this alone the young man demonstrated his practical and intellectual superiority over that eternally needy and miserable mass of our students of both sexes who, in our capitals, from morning till night...haunt the doorways of various newspapers and magazines... (1a).

     ♦ [Тригорин:] Такой любви я не испытал ещё... В молодости было некогда, я обивал пороги редакций, боролся с нуждой... (Чехов 6). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that....In my youth there wasn't time, I was always haunting the editors' offices, fighting off poverty... (6a). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that. As a young man, I never had time; I was too busy running from one editorial office to another, trying to earn a living (6b).

     ♦ "Весьма обнадёживающе заявивший о себе ранее молодой поэт-колхозник Влад Самсонов из станицы Пластуновской, бросив семью и работу, ведёт богемный образ жизни, обивая пороги редакций со стихами, оставляющими желать много лучшего" (Максимов 2). "Vlad Samsonov, the peasant poet from the village of Plastunovskaya, whose early work was extremely promising, having abandoned his family and his work is now living a bohemian life and is pestering every editor in town with verses that leave a great deal to be desired" (2a).

• ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ПОРОГИ( чьи) < ПОРОГ (чей)> (чего, у кого, где; ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ВСЕ ПОРОГИ < ВЕСЬ ПОРОГ> (у кого, где) all coll

[VP; subj: human; usu. impfv]

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⇒ (usu. in refer, to trying to obtain sth. important for one's job or career from one's superior(s) or some organization(s); may refer to a person trying to get a job, a man trying to gain the affection of a woman etc) to go to some place(s) repeatedly, persistently requesting sth.:

- X обивает пороги≈ X beats down doors;

|| X обивает Y-ов порог≈ X haunts (hangs around) Y's door(way);

|| X обивает пороги редакций (школ и т. п.) ≈ X haunts the door(way)s of various editorial (principals? etc) offices;

- X haunts (the) editors' <(the) principals' etc> offices;

- X runs from one editorial (principal's etc) office to another;

- X pesters every editor (principal etc) (in town).

     ♦ "Я, конечно, напишу..." - "Напишу! Ты весь в этом. Не писать надо, а ехать, лично просить, пороги обивать!" (Стругацкие 1). "Of course I'll write-" "You'll write! That's just like you. It's not writing you have to do, you have to go there, ask in person, beat down doors" (1a).

     ♦ Статейки эти... быстро пошли в ход, и уж в этом одном молодой человек оказал всё своё практическое и умственное превосходство над тою многочисленною, вечно нуждающеюся и несчастною частью нашей учащейся молодёжи обоего пола, которая в столицах... с утра до ночи обивает пороги разных газет и журналов... (Достоевский 1). These little articles... were soon in great demand; and even in this alone the young man demonstrated his practical and intellectual superiority over that eternally needy and miserable mass of our students of both sexes who, in our capitals, from morning till night...haunt the doorways of various newspapers and magazines... (1a).

     ♦ [Тригорин:] Такой любви я не испытал ещё... В молодости было некогда, я обивал пороги редакций, боролся с нуждой... (Чехов 6). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that....In my youth there wasn't time, I was always haunting the editors' offices, fighting off poverty... (6a). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that. As a young man, I never had time; I was too busy running from one editorial office to another, trying to earn a living (6b).

     ♦ "Весьма обнадёживающе заявивший о себе ранее молодой поэт-колхозник Влад Самсонов из станицы Пластуновской, бросив семью и работу, ведёт богемный образ жизни, обивая пороги редакций со стихами, оставляющими желать много лучшего" (Максимов 2). "Vlad Samsonov, the peasant poet from the village of Plastunovskaya, whose early work was extremely promising, having abandoned his family and his work is now living a bohemian life and is pestering every editor in town with verses that leave a great deal to be desired" (2a).

• ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ПОРОГИ( чьи) < ПОРОГ (чей)> (чего, у кого, где; ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ВСЕ ПОРОГИ < ВЕСЬ ПОРОГ> (у кого, где) all coll

[VP; subj: human; usu. impfv]

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⇒ (usu. in refer, to trying to obtain sth. important for one's job or career from one's superior(s) or some organization(s); may refer to a person trying to get a job, a man trying to gain the affection of a woman etc) to go to some place(s) repeatedly, persistently requesting sth.:

- X обивает пороги≈ X beats down doors;

|| X обивает Y-ов порог≈ X haunts (hangs around) Y's door(way);

|| X обивает пороги редакций (школ и т. п.) ≈ X haunts the door(way)s of various editorial (principals? etc) offices;

- X haunts (the) editors' <(the) principals' etc> offices;

- X runs from one editorial (principal's etc) office to another;

- X pesters every editor (principal etc) (in town).

     ♦ "Я, конечно, напишу..." - "Напишу! Ты весь в этом. Не писать надо, а ехать, лично просить, пороги обивать!" (Стругацкие 1). "Of course I'll write-" "You'll write! That's just like you. It's not writing you have to do, you have to go there, ask in person, beat down doors" (1a).

     ♦ Статейки эти... быстро пошли в ход, и уж в этом одном молодой человек оказал всё своё практическое и умственное превосходство над тою многочисленною, вечно нуждающеюся и несчастною частью нашей учащейся молодёжи обоего пола, которая в столицах... с утра до ночи обивает пороги разных газет и журналов... (Достоевский 1). These little articles... were soon in great demand; and even in this alone the young man demonstrated his practical and intellectual superiority over that eternally needy and miserable mass of our students of both sexes who, in our capitals, from morning till night...haunt the doorways of various newspapers and magazines... (1a).

     ♦ [Тригорин:] Такой любви я не испытал ещё... В молодости было некогда, я обивал пороги редакций, боролся с нуждой... (Чехов 6). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that....In my youth there wasn't time, I was always haunting the editors' offices, fighting off poverty... (6a). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that. As a young man, I never had time; I was too busy running from one editorial office to another, trying to earn a living (6b).

     ♦ "Весьма обнадёживающе заявивший о себе ранее молодой поэт-колхозник Влад Самсонов из станицы Пластуновской, бросив семью и работу, ведёт богемный образ жизни, обивая пороги редакций со стихами, оставляющими желать много лучшего" (Максимов 2). "Vlad Samsonov, the peasant poet from the village of Plastunovskaya, whose early work was extremely promising, having abandoned his family and his work is now living a bohemian life and is pestering every editor in town with verses that leave a great deal to be desired" (2a).

• ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ПОРОГИ( чьи) < ПОРОГ (чей)> (чего, у кого, где; ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ВСЕ ПОРОГИ < ВЕСЬ ПОРОГ> (у кого, где) all coll

[VP; subj: human; usu. impfv]

=====

⇒ (usu. in refer, to trying to obtain sth. important for one's job or career from one's superior(s) or some organization(s); may refer to a person trying to get a job, a man trying to gain the affection of a woman etc) to go to some place(s) repeatedly, persistently requesting sth.:

- X обивает пороги≈ X beats down doors;

|| X обивает Y-ов порог≈ X haunts (hangs around) Y's door(way);

|| X обивает пороги редакций (школ и т. п.) ≈ X haunts the door(way)s of various editorial (principals? etc) offices;

- X haunts (the) editors' <(the) principals' etc> offices;

- X runs from one editorial (principal's etc) office to another;

- X pesters every editor (principal etc) (in town).

     ♦ "Я, конечно, напишу..." - "Напишу! Ты весь в этом. Не писать надо, а ехать, лично просить, пороги обивать!" (Стругацкие 1). "Of course I'll write-" "You'll write! That's just like you. It's not writing you have to do, you have to go there, ask in person, beat down doors" (1a).

     ♦ Статейки эти... быстро пошли в ход, и уж в этом одном молодой человек оказал всё своё практическое и умственное превосходство над тою многочисленною, вечно нуждающеюся и несчастною частью нашей учащейся молодёжи обоего пола, которая в столицах... с утра до ночи обивает пороги разных газет и журналов... (Достоевский 1). These little articles... were soon in great demand; and even in this alone the young man demonstrated his practical and intellectual superiority over that eternally needy and miserable mass of our students of both sexes who, in our capitals, from morning till night...haunt the doorways of various newspapers and magazines... (1a).

     ♦ [Тригорин:] Такой любви я не испытал ещё... В молодости было некогда, я обивал пороги редакций, боролся с нуждой... (Чехов 6). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that....In my youth there wasn't time, I was always haunting the editors' offices, fighting off poverty... (6a). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that. As a young man, I never had time; I was too busy running from one editorial office to another, trying to earn a living (6b).

     ♦ "Весьма обнадёживающе заявивший о себе ранее молодой поэт-колхозник Влад Самсонов из станицы Пластуновской, бросив семью и работу, ведёт богемный образ жизни, обивая пороги редакций со стихами, оставляющими желать много лучшего" (Максимов 2). "Vlad Samsonov, the peasant poet from the village of Plastunovskaya, whose early work was extremely promising, having abandoned his family and his work is now living a bohemian life and is pestering every editor in town with verses that leave a great deal to be desired" (2a).

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].

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.—

Transf.

Of change in the thing spoken of itself.

In gen.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

In partic.

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.—

To change for the better, make better, to improve: placet tibi factum, Micio? Mi.:

non, si queam mutare,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 19.—

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.—

Of change in its relation to other things, etc.

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.—

Esp.

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.—

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.—

Of one's assertion or promise:

quod dixi semel, hau mutabo,

will not break my word, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 90.—

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.—

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.—

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.

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).

Mūto, a Roman surname, Cic. Fragm. Or. pro Fundan. p. 445 Orell.