inversĭo, ōnis, f. [inverto], an inversion.
I Verborum, i. e. an ironical inversion of meaning , Cic. de Or. 2, 65. 261.—
II An allegory , transl. of Gr. ἀλληγορία, Quint. 8, 6, 44.—
III A transposition , i. q. ἀναστροφή (as quoque ego for ego quoque), Quint. 1, 5, 40.