"transmutatio" meaning in Latin

See transmutatio in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [trãːs.muːˈtaː.ti.oː] [Classical-Latin], [tranz.muˈtat.t͡si.o] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From trāns- + mūtātiō (or trānsmūtō + -tiō). First attested in the late 1st century. Etymology templates: {{af|la|trāns-|mūtātiō}} trāns- + mūtātiō, {{af|la|trānsmūtō|-tiō}} trānsmūtō + -tiō, {{etydate|late 1st century}} First attested in the late 1st century Head templates: {{la-noun|trānsmūtātiō<3>}} trānsmūtātiō f (genitive trānsmūtātiōnis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|trānsmūtātiō<3>}} Forms: trānsmūtātiō [canonical, feminine], trānsmūtātiōnis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], trānsmūtātiō [nominative, singular], trānsmūtātiōnēs [nominative, plural], trānsmūtātiōnis [genitive, singular], trānsmūtātiōnum [genitive, plural], trānsmūtātiōnī [dative, singular], trānsmūtātiōnibus [dative, plural], trānsmūtātiōnem [accusative, singular], trānsmūtātiōnēs [accusative, plural], trānsmūtātiōne [ablative, singular], trānsmūtātiōnibus [ablative, plural], trānsmūtātiō [singular, vocative], trānsmūtātiōnēs [plural, vocative]
  1. (grammar, post-Augustan) transposition Tags: declension-3, post-Augustan
    Sense id: en-transmutatio-la-noun-Sn76fvtG Categories (other): Grammar, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms prefixed with trans-, Latin terms suffixed with -tio, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 80 20 Disambiguation of Latin terms prefixed with trans-: 77 23 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tio: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. changing, variability, alteration, transmutation Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-transmutatio-la-noun-AVd4rqJB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: trānsmūtō
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    },
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      "word": "transmutation"
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      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "transmutation"
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "transmutación"
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "trasmutazione"
    },
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      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "transmutação"
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          "ref": "Vulgata—Epistula Jacobi 1.17",
          "text": "Omne datum optimum, et omne donum perfectum desursum est, descendens a Patre luminum, apud quem non est transmutatio, nec vicissitudinis obumbratio.",
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