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reversio
reversio
Latin
Alternative forms
- revorsiō
Noun
reversiō f (genitive reversiōnis); third declension
- The act of turning back (before reaching a destination), return.
- The act of returning or coming around again.
- (rhetoric) The inversion of words, anastrophe.
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | reversiō | reversiōnēs |
| genitive | reversiōnis | reversiōnum |
| dative | reversiōnī | reversiōnibus |
| accusative | reversiōnem | reversiōnēs |
| ablative | reversiōne | reversiōnibus |
| vocative | reversiō | reversiōnēs |
Descendants
- Russian: реверсия (reversija)
References
- reversio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- reversio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- REVERSIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “reversio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.