LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

reversiō

reversiō f (genitive reversiōnis)

Meaning

  1. The act of turning back (before reaching a destination), return.
  2. The act of returning or coming around again.
  3. rhetoricThe inversion of words, anastrophe.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativereversiōreversiōnēs
genitivereversiōnisreversiōnum
dativereversiōnīreversiōnibus
accusativereversiōnemreversiōnēs
ablativereversiōnereversiōnibus
vocativereversiōreversiōnēs

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 meă 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. Truo. 2, 4, 45; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 62; Varr. ap. Non. 222, 19; 245, 14. —
2. Of things in gen., a returning, return: febrium, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24: annua (solis), App. 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.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin reversiō From revertō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Russianреверсия

Quick answers

What does reversiō mean in Latin?
reversiō, a noun, means “The act of turning back (before reaching a destination), return.; The act of returning or coming around again.; The inversion of words, anastrophe.”.
What is the genitive of reversiō?
The genitive singular is reversiōnis. reversiō is feminine, third declension.