Muto, mutas, mutâre. Varr. To change: to transtate: to batter or exchange one thing for another: to change from one nature or colour to another.Mutari in marem. Plin. To be turned into a male.Mutare in peius. Quint. To make woorse.In horas mutari. Horat. To change or alter euery houre.Mutate se in formam alterius.Plaut.To disguise himselfe to the likenesse of another. Mutare se habitu & loco, pro co quod est, mutare habitum & locum. Horat. Animum mutare. & mutare sententiam. Terent.To chãge his minde or opinion.Verbo mutantur amantes. Propert. Amictus frustr mutantur. Tibul. Beneficium mutare. Cæs. To change or alter the nature of a good turne.Brachia mutamus vario amplexu. Propert. Cœnacula mutare, lectos, balnea, &c. Horar. Colorem mutare ad similitudinem loci. Plin. To change colout like to the place where he sitteth.Consilium mutare.Cic.To alter or change his purpose.Decretum mutare.Cic.De vxore vt possedi, nihil mutat Chremes. Ter. Chremes altereth nothing concerning the dowry that I haue with my wife.Dicta mutare.Plaut.To vnsay that is sayde.Haud muto factum. Ter. I did not repent me of that I did.Fidem mutare.Plaut.To vnsay that he promised: not to stand to his worde.Fidem mutare cum aliquo. Ter. Not to keepe promise.Actûtum fortunæ solent mutari.Plaut.Gestum mutare. Lucret. To alter gesture.Mutauerat babitum oris. Lucan. Id mutauit, quoniam. me immutatum videt. Terent.He hath changed his mind in that, bicause he seeth me one mā still.Ius murare.Liu.To alter the law.Locum mutare.Cic.To go to another place.Menrem murare.Cic.To change his minde or phantasie.Mutare mores.Terent.To change his conditions.Naturam mutare. Horat. Nuptias mutare.Plaut.To vndue a mariage.Pactionem mutare.Cic.To alter or vndue a bargaine.Sedem ac locum mutare.Cic.To forsake his habitation and go dwell in another place.Sedem murare ex sede, vt volucres. Plin. To goe from place toplace.Sententiam mutare.Cic.Solum mutare.Cic.To leane his countrey and go dwell in a straunge place.Sorrem alicuius mutare in contraria.Ouid.Testamentum mutare.Cic.Vellera mutare luto.Virg.To die, colaut, or staine wooll.Vestem mutare cum aliquo.Liu.In token of sorow to change his garment and weare a mourning gowne with one in his aduersitie.Tempestas & humor cœli mutauere vias.Virg.Terra mutat vices. Horat. Vitam mutare priorem. Lucr. Vulgus mutatur cum principe. Claud. The common people is chaunged as the prince is.Voltum mutare.Cic.To chaunge countenaunce. Mutare aliquid cum aliquo.Terent.To exchaunge a thing with one.Mutare ære aliquid cum altero.Salust.To exthange a thing with one for money.Mutare ære. Colum. To sell.Mutare merces.Virg.To chaunge ware for ware. Mutare bellum pro pace.Salust.Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari.Tacit.It is well to chaunge miserable peace euen for warre.Mutare alia realiã. Hor. To chaunge one thing for another.Mutare gaudium mœrore. Pli. iun. To turne % into sorow.Murare iucunda seueris. Pli. iun. To chaunge pleasant things for graue and senere.Mitibus murare tristia. Horat. Exilio mutant vrbem.Ouid.Mutare prætextam paludamento.Plin. iun.To chaunge his robe of peace into a coate armour.Quadrata mutat rotundis. Horat. Nihil ipso te fortuna mutauit.Plin. iun.Fortune hath chaunged nothing in thy selfe: thou art still one man.Exiliom patria sede mutauerat. Curtius. He willingly went iuto exyle. Si queam mutare. Ter. If I could amend the matter, or make it otherwise. Mutari cinitate.Cicer.To be made free in a citie, and forsake the right that he had in another before.
Mutus, Adiect. Ter. That cannot speake: dumbe.Muti vel eloquentis otigo.Cic.Quid ille? T. mutus illico. Ter. He was dumb e by and by: he had not a worde to say.Mutus accusator.Cic. Accusatio muta. Cice. Aenum mutum. Sil. An age in which one talketh not or vttereth no eloquence.Agna muta. Hor. Armenta muta. Stat.Mutæ arres.Virg.Artes of no fame: still artes not vttered with singing or eloquent talking.Muræ artes, picturæ dicuntur.Cic.Aspectus mutus. Quint. A sight of a thing without wordes.Mutæ bestiæ, & nihil intelligentes.Cic.Dumbe beastes.Dialectica in excogitandis argumentis muta nimium est, in iudicandis nimium loquax.Cic.Eloquentia muta.Cic.Forum mutum. Cice. A stil iudgement place where no matters are pleaded.Omnis pro nobis gratia muta fuit.Ouid.No friend hath intreated or spoken a worde for me.Historia muta.Cic. Imago. Cic.Leges muræ tacent.Ouid.Magistratus mutus, lex: cui opponitur Magistratus, lex loquens. Ci. The law is a ruler or officer without words.Ossnurum.Ouid. Pecudes mutæ. Cic.Querelas mutas abrumpit. Claud. He leaueth his still sorow and butsteth our in lamentable voices.Res inanimatæ atque mutæ.Cic.Scientia muta Quint.A knowledge not vttered in wordes.Spelunca muta.Stat.That maketh no noise.Silentia muta noctis.Ouid.Suspiria muta.Stat.Sighes without wordes.Mutum literis tempus.Cicer.A still time in which no letters be written too and fro.
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Mūta, ae, f., a goddess, called also Lara and Larunda, whom Jupiter, on account of her talkativeness, struck dumb, Ov. F. 2, 583; Lact. 1, 20; id. 1, 35.
mūtus, a, um, adj. [root mu-, to shut; Sanscr. mūkas, dumb; Gr. mu/tis, mua/w; cf. Lat. mussare], dumb, mute (class.; cf.: infans, elinguis). I.Lit., that does not speak, silent.—Of creatures who do not possess the faculty of speech, and can utter only inarticulate sounds: pecudes, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, 24: bestiae, id. Fin. 1, 21, 71: agna, Hor. S. 2, 3, 219: armenta, Stat. Th. 5, 334: animalia, Juv. 8, 56: satius est mutum esse quam quod nemo intellegat dicere, Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 22: subjugale, animal, Vulg. 2 Pet. 2, 16: vere dici potest, magistratum legem esse loquentem, legem autem mutum magistratum, Cic. Leg. 3, 1, 2: papae! Jugularas hominem: quid ille? Thr. Mutus illico, he was struck speechless, was silent, could not say a word more, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 27: ad mandata mancus est, caecus, mutus, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 45: mutum dices, you shall call me dumb, i. e. I will not say a word, id. Heaut. 4, 4, 26: omnis pro nobis gratia muta fuit,
has not spoken a word
, Ov. P. 2, 7, 52: mutus aspectus miserorum lacrimas movet, Quint. 6, 1, 26: numquam vox est de te mea muta, i. e.
I have never ceased to praise thee
, Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 17: dolore lyra est, id. H. 15, 198: spiritus,
which makes one mute
, Vulg. Marc. 9, 16; 9, 24.—Of that which utters no sound, dumb, mute, silent: tintinnabulum, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 163: imago, Cic. Cat. 3, 5: mare,
the silent sea
, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 69: consonantes,
which cannot be pronounced alone, mutes
, Quint. 1, 4, 6: artes, the plastic arts, arts of design, opp. to eloquence, Cic. de Or. 3, 7; also, artes, the silent arts, i. e. which do not concern themselves with language, as medicine, Verg. A. 12, 397: scientia, i. e.
which does not impart the power of speaking
, Quint. 5, 10, 119: instrumentum fundi, i. e.
wagons, carts
, Varr. R. R. 1, 17: magistri, i. e.
books
, Gell. 14, 2, 1: lapides,
that say nothing, have no inscriptions on them
, Hyg. de Lim. p. 156 Goes.: muta exta dicuntur, quibus nihil divinationis aut deorum responsi inesse animadvertunt, contra adjutoria, quae certum aliquid eventurum indicant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 157 Müll.: simulacra muta,
dumb idols
, Vulg. 1 Cor. 12, 2.— II.Transf., of places where no sound is heard, silent, still: mutum forum, elinguem curiam, tacitam et fractam civitatem videbatis, Cic. post Red. 1, 3: solitudo, id. Mil. 19: spelunca, Stat. Ach. 1, 239.—Of times: nullum fuit tempus, quod magis debuerit mutum esse a litteris,
in which nothing should have been written
, Cic. Att. 8, 14, 1: silentia noctis,
the deep silence of night
, Ov. M. 7, 184.—Of things of which nothing is said: mutum aevum,
not celebrated, unsung
, Sil. 3, 579.—As subst. A. mūtus, i, m., a dumb person, a mute (ante- and postclass): Char. Quin taces? Eut. Muto imperas, Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 26: sicut mutus, Vulg. Psa. 38, 13: aperta erit lingua mutorum, id. Isa. 35, 6; Lact. 4, 15, 8: mutum neque stipulari neque promittere posse palam est, Gai. Inst. 3, 105.—B. mūtum, i, n. (sc. animal), a dumb creature, brute: separat hoc nos A grege mutorum, Juv. 15, 143.