mutuor

mūtŭor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [mutuus], to borrow something of some one (class.; opp. mutuum do, commodo, credo).

I.

Lit., to obtain a loan of money:

mutuari pecunias,

Caes. B. C. 3, 60:

pecuniam,

Gai. Inst. 4, 73.—Also without acc.:

a Caelio mutuabimur,

Cic. Att. 7, 3, 11:

mutuari cogor,

I am obliged to borrow, id. ib. 15, 15, 3.—Of other things than money:

domum,

Tac. Or. 9:

auxilia ad bellum,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 21.—

II.

Trop., to borrow, to take for one's use, to derive, obtain, get, procure:

orator subtilitatem ab Academiā mutuatur,

Cic. Fat. 2, 3:

a viris virtus nomen est mutuata,

id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43:

consilium ab amore,

Liv. 30, 12:

quem (sensum) a Latrone mutuatus est,

Sen. Contr. 3, 10, 8:

figuras ab aliquo,

Quint. 8 prooem. 25:

verba ex proximo mutuari licet,

id. 10, 1, 13:

a personis affectus mutuari,

id. 11, 3, 73; so,

verba,

id. 1, 12, 58; 12, 10, 27:

praesidium ab innocentiā,

Val. Max. 6, 2, 1:

regem a finitimis,

id. ib. 3, 4, 2; App. M. 6, p. 178, 11.

1.

Act. collat. form: mūtŭo, āre, to borrow: ad amicum currat mutuatum: mutuet mea causa, Caecil. ap. Non. 474, 4.—

2.

mūtŭ-ātus, a, um, in pass. signif.:

luna mutu atā a sole luce fulget,

with borrowed light, Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 45.