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|lshtext=<b>rĕvŏcātĭo</b>: ōnis, f. id.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[calling]] [[back]] or [[away]], a recalling ([[rare]] [[but]] [[good]] [[prose]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: a [[bello]] ([[with]] receptui [[signum]]), Cic. Phil. 13, 7, 15.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., in <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: revocationes lunae a [[sole]], Vitr. 9, 4 fin.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.: [[revocatio]] ad contemplandas voluptates, Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 33. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.). >