reflexio

rĕflexĭo, ōnis, f. [reflecto].

• A bending or turning back, reflection (post-class.): cervicis, Macr. S. 5, 11. —
• II Trop., the conversion of a proposition, Ap. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 33, 34; Mart. Cap. 4, § 412.

reflexio, ōnis, f. (reflecto), I) das Zurückbeugen, crebra r. cervicis, Macr. sat. 5, 11. § 11. – II) die Umkehrung eines Satzes, Apul. de dogm. Plat. 3. p. 268 u. 270 H. Mart. Cap. 4. § 412. – III) = ἀνάκλασις, als rhet. Fig., die Erwiderung im entgegengesetzten Sinne, Carm. de fig. 13. p. 64 H.

reflexio [LL] 1 (state of) being bent or turned back: a (med., w. ref. to reflex action); b (w. ref. to diacritic sign that has recurved form). a similiter in altero sexu ad collum matricis in interioribus consimili modo fit ~o nervorum Ric. Med. Anat. 218; extensiones extremitatum, excreaciones, ~ones membrorum, tremor corporis Bacon V 68.  b dum variis curvationibus, circumflexionibus, ~onibus, inflexionibus, demissionibus, elationibus, ut notas explicet Tullius intendit J. Tilb. AN 320. 2 (act of) throwing back, reflection (of light), (angulus ~onis) angle of reflection (cf. et. OED s. v. reflection 2a. b reflection (of image). transitus efficit hoc jubarisque reflexio solis Neckam DS IV 204; in speculo potest incendi stuppa ex ~one [Trevisa: reboundinge] radiorum et conburi Bart. Angl. IV 1 p. 82; si ‥ concursus radiorum ascendentium per ~onem factam sicut a speculo concavo ‥ Gros. Com. 22; demonstrat perspectivus ‥ quod angulus incidencie est equalis angulo ~onis Wycl. Trin. 55; folia ‥ que contra lucem externa mirabilem ~onem ostendunt Elmh. Cant. 97.  b per speculum fit ~io speciei visibilis ad nos, et oculus videt se per radium reflexum ad angulos rectos et videt alia per radios reflexos ad angulos obliquos Bacon Tert. 112. 3 (act of) turning aside, diversion. sic stelle in celo vise apparent minores propter ~onem visus in pertransitu corporis celi ad minus profundum in corpore celi Gros. Hexaem. V 23. 2 p. 184; unde stelle habent duas causas quare apparent parve: elongacionem viz. a visu et ~onem radiorum ad minus profundum celi Ib.; accidit epiciclo in motu nisi ~o qua declinat nunc ad orientem nunc ad occidentem Bacon IV 451. 4 (phil.) inward turning of the mind, reflection. hec ~o voluntatis super se est quasi quedam ‥ innovatio vel repeticio modorum essendi in divinis Ps.-Gros. Summa 382; primum intelligit per ~onem et conversionem Bacon VII 88; si ‥ phantasma, causans aliquam intelleccionem, habet naturaliter causare ~onem super illam intelleccionem, pari racione et reflexionem reflexionis, et sic in infinitum Duns Ord. III 268.

rĕflexĭō, ōnis, f. (reflecto), ¶ 1 action de tourner en arrière, de retourner : Macr. Sat. 5, 11, 11 ¶ 2 [fig.] la réciproque [dʼune proposition] : Capel. 4, 412.