I. Lit., a going back upon itself, a returning by the same way, retrogression (postAug.): “aestus,” i. e. the reflux. ebb, Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 29: “fili,” id. 11, 24, 28, § 83: “caprorum,” id. 8, 50, 76, § 201: “errantium siderum,” Gell. 14, 1, 23.—
II. Trop., alternation, reciprocation: “talionum,” retaliation, Gell. 20, 1, 18: “animorum,” the transmigration of souls, metempsychosis, Tert. ad Nat. 1, 19.—
2. In gram., reciprocal action, in the pron. recipr., Prisc. p. 940 P.
