transmutatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

transmūtātĭo, ōnis, f. [transmuto].

I In gen., a changing , Vulg. Jacob. 1, 17. —

II In partic., a shifting , transposition of letters (post-Aug.; cf.: transpositio, commutatio), Quint. 1, 5, 39; 9, 4, 89.