noun
rĕcī^prŏcātĭo
Meaning
- a going back upon itself
rĕcī^prŏcātĭo, ōnis, f. reciproco.
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.