reflexio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

rĕflexĭo, ōnis, f. [reflecto].

I A bending or turning back , reflection (post-class.): cervicis, Macr. S. 5, 11. —

II Trop., the conversion of a proposition , Ap. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 33, 34; Mart. Cap. 4, § 412.