trans-mūto, āre, v. a.,
I to change , shift , transmute (poet.; cf.: commuto, verto, converto): transmutans dextera laevis, Lucr. 2, 488: (fortuna) transmutat incertos honores, Hor. C. 3, 29, 51.—
II To transfer , remove : aegros ad alium locum, Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 15, 142.