I. A demanding back, reclamation, Dig. 50, 17, 41; App. Mag. p. 332, 4; “hence, repetitionem habere, i.e. jus repetendi,” Dig. 3, 6, 3.—
II. A repetition, in speaking or writing: “repetitio frequentior ejusdem nominis,” Quint. 9, 1, 24: “brevis rerum,” id. 4, prooem. § 6: “probationis ejusdem,” id. 8, 3, 88; 9, 3, 22; 6, 1, 1: “effugere repetitiones,” id. 10, 1, 7: repetitio instauratioque ejusdem rei sub alio nomine, Favorin. ap. Gell. 13, 25 (24), 9: “legatorum,” Dig. 30, 1, 19. —
2. In partic. rhet. t. t., a repetition of the same word at the beginning of several sentences: anaphora, ἀναφορά, Auct. Her. 4, 13, 19: “crebra,” Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 206; Quint. 9, 1, 33; cf. Mart. Cap. 5, § 533.
