alter (v.) Copy link Outline A. Trans.1. mūto, 1 (to modify, change partially)2. immūto, 13. dēmūto, 1 (partially to changeB. Intrans. • alter (v.): A. Trans.: 1. mūto, 1 (to modify, change partially): to a. a will, testamentum m., Cic.: to a. one's opinion, sententiam m., Cic.: Tarquinius did not a. the centuries of knights at all, nec T. de equitum centuriis quidquam mutavit, Liv.: v. to change. 2. immūto, 1: to a. the arrangement of words, i. verborum ordinem, Cic.: to a. the arrangements of another, aliquid de alicujus institutis i., Cic. 3. dēmūto, 1 (partially to change: hence closely corresponding to the Eng.): they resolved that nothing should be a.'d in the institution of the flamens, placitum instituto flaminum nihil demutari, Tac.: to a. one's opinion about a matter, sententiam in aliqua re d., Gell.: I must a. my style of speech, oratio mihi demutanda est, Pl.--Note. Muto must not be used for to alter, unless the context shows that only a part, not the whole is changed: thus mutare vestitum is to change one's dress altogether, esp. of going into mourning: to a. one's style of dress may be expr. by aliquid de vestitu solito mutare, immutare: v. to change. Phr.: to a. (a will, etc.) by falsifying, corrumpere, vitiare, etc.: v. to falsify: to be very much a.'d, i. e. in personal appearance, *specie oris vultuque multum immutatum esse. B. Intrans.: to undergo change: mūtor, immūtor, dēmūtor, used reflectively; as, times a. and we a. with them, tempora mutantur, et nos m. in illis, Hor.: v. (A.) and to change.