revocatio
From LSJ
ὑπόσχεσιν τὸ πρᾶγμα γενναίαν ἔχει → the affair holds a noble promise
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 <number opt="n">plur.</number>: 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.). >
