reciproco

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

reciprocō āvī, ātus, ārr

reciprocus, to move back, turn back, reverse the motion of : animam, to fetch breath , L.: alquid in motu identidem reciprocando constantius, i. e. in its alternation of currents : quinqueremem in adversum aestum reciprocari non posse, to tack about , L.: reciprocari coepit mare, to flow back , Cu.— To come and go, reciprocate : fretum temporibus statis reciprocat, rises and falls , L.—Fig., of a proposition, to reverse, convert .