metempsychosis

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Γαστρὸς δὲ πειρῶ πᾶσαν ἡνίαν κρατεῖν → Frenis regendus venter adductis tibi est → Mit straffem Zügel such' zu lenken deinen Bauch

Menander, Monostichoi, 81

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mĕtempsȳchōsis: is, f., = μετεμψύχωσις>,
I the transit of the soul, its transmigration from one body to another, a doctrine of the Pythagoreans, Porphyr. ad Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 52.