rĕplĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. [replico]. *
I A folding or rolling back again (of a book). Transf.: ut replicatione quādam mundi motum regat atque tueatur, qs. by winding it up again , Cic. N. D. 1, 13, 33.—
II In jurid. Lat., a reply , replication , Just. Inst. 4, 14; Dig. 27, 10, 7; 44, 2, 24 al.—
III Numeri (opp. multiplicatio), a reduction of a number, Mart. Cap. 7, §§ 757, 759.—
IV A repetition : proeliorum, Sid. Ep. 1, 5.— Also as rhet. t. t. = ἀναδίπλωσις, Mart. Cap. 5, § 533.