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reversio

reversio, a turning about, turning back

rĕversĭo (rĕvors-), ōnis, f. [reverto].
      • 1 A turning back before reaching one's destination (differing from reditus, a coming back, return): quam valde ille reditu vel potius reversione meā laetatus, Cic. Att. 16, 7, 5: exponam vobis breviter consilium et profectionis et reversionis meae, id. Phil. 1, 1, 1: reversionem ut ad me faceret denuo, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 45 (396); id. Bacch. 2, 3, 62 (296); Varr. ap. Non. 222, 19; 245, 14. —
      • 2 Of things in gen., a returning, return: febrium, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24: annua (solis), Ap. de Mund. p. 71, 6; cf. in plur.: planetarum temporum, id. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 7, 4.—
  • II Trop., gram. t. t. for ἀναστροφή, an inversion of words (like mecum, secum, quibus de rebus), Quint. 8, 6, 65.

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