rūmĭnātĭo, ōnis,f. [ruminor], a chewing over again, chewing the cud, rumination.
I Lit.: animalium, Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 201; Serv. Verg. E. 6, 54.—
B Transf., a doubling; a repetition , return : corticis, Plin. 15, 23, 25, § 94: hiemis, id. 17, 22, 35, § 191.—*
II Trop., a thinking over , revolving in the mind , ruminating , rumination : cotidiana, Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2.