I.a changing, change, alteration (in good prose).
I. In gen.: “annuae,” Cic. Inv. 1, 34, 59; cf.: “tempestatum atque caeli,” id. Div. 2, 42, 89: “temporum,” id. Tusc. 1, 28, 68: “crebrae aestuum,” Caes. B. G. 5, 1: “magnae rerum,” id. B. C. 3, 68: “ordinis,” Quint. 9, 1, 6: “subita,” Nep. Dion, 6, 1: “ventorum,” Col. 11, 2, 94: “morum aut studiorum,” Cic. Lael. 21, 77: “civiles,” id. Fam. 5, 12, 4.—
II. Esp.
A. In rhet.
1. A figure of speech; a reciprocal opposition or change, = ἀντιμεταβολή (cf. Quint. 9, 3, 85), Auct. Her. 4, 28, 39.—
2. A change in words, pronunciation, or method of treatment, Auct. Her. 4, 42, 54 sq.—
B. An exchange.
1. Captivorum, Liv. Epit. 19.—
2. (Acc. to commuto, II. B.) Of words, a conversation, conference, Claud. Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 26.
