rĕcī̆prŏcātĭo, 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.