revocatio
Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος, καὶ ὁ Λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν Θεόν, καὶ Θεὸς ἦν ὁ Λόγος (Κατὰ Ἰωάννην 1:1) → In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
rĕvŏcātĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I a calling back or away, a recalling (rare but good prose).
I Lit.: a bello (with receptui signum), Cic. Phil. 13, 7, 15.—
B Transf., in plur.: revocationes lunae a sole, Vitr. 9, 4 fin.—
II Trop.: revocatio ad contemplandas voluptates, Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 33. —
2 Ejusdem verbi crebrius positi quaedam distinctio et revocatio, i.e. qualification and withdrawal, as a fig. of speech, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 206; Quint. 9, 1, 33.—
3 As law t. t., the right of one absent from home to appeal to a court of his own state or country, Dig. 5, 1, 3, § 3 (cf. revoco, B. 2. c.). >
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
rĕvŏcātĭō,¹⁶ ōnis, f. (revoco),
1 rappel : a bello Cic. Phil. 13, 15, le rappel de la guerre || action de s’éloigner : Vitr. Arch. 9, 2, 3 || [fig.] ad contemplandas voluptates Cic. Tusc. 3, 33, le rappel à la contemplation des plaisirs || [droit] revocatio domum Dig. 5, 1, 2, 3, faculté de rentrer dans sa patrie
2 [rhét.] reprise d’un mot [pour insister] : Cic. de Or. 3, 206 ; Quint. 9, 3, 44.
