revolutio

rĕvŏlūtĭo, ōnis, f. [revolvo],

• a revolving, revolution (late Lat. for conversio), Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 12; id. Trin. 12, 24; Mart. Cap. 9, § 922.

revolūtio, ōnis, f. (revolvo), das Zurückwälzen, I) eig., das Wegwälzen, lapidis (des St. vom Grabe Christi), Leo serm. 71, 3. – II) übtr., die Rückkehr, Augustin. de civ. dei 22, 12 extr.; trin. 12, 24. Mart. Cap. 9. § 922: lunaris cursus, Eulog. in Cic. top. p. 407, 17 B. (aus Varro?).

revolutio [LL] 1 (act of) rolling back or aside. b rolling forward, prostration. quomodo lapis per angelum revolutus sit Matheus ‥ exponit. sed ~o lapidis mystice reserationem sacramentorum Christi quae velamine litterae legalis tegebantur insinuat Bede Mark 295; angelus revolvit lapidem ab ostio monumenti ‥ . mystice ~o lapidis sacramentorum est revolutio divinorum quae quondam littera legis claudebantur occulta Id. Hom. II 10. 150.  b propter pronam in terram humilitatis ‥ causa more monastico ~onem Gir. Spec. II 1 p. 35. 2 (act of) unrolling or opening (book). b explanation. Bede Hom. II 10. 150 (v. 1a supra); quicquid se de pontificibus ‥ notitie nostre vel majorum relatione vel librorum ~one infudit W. Malm. GP II 99; librorum inspectio cum frequenti ~one recta methodus est ad lucrum scientie Vinsauf AV II 2. 55; assidua librorum ~o lucrativa scientie Ib. II 2. 59.  b cum ‥ tocius ambassiate series ‥ fidelis exposicionis oraculo innotesceret et argumentose ~onis masticacione multiplici ‥ digesta fuisset ‥ Ps.-Elmh. Hen. V 75. 3 act of revolving, circular movement, revolution; b (w. ref. to celestial motion); c (w. ref. to cyclical passage of time). d (ellipt.) year. e (w. prep. & foll. by gen.) course, lapse, passing. 1334 rota fortuna volvente ‥ . de istius [sc. fortune] rote ~one Lit. Cant. II 70.  b una giracione superet numerum dierum anni ~o firmamenti (Neckam Suppletio defectuum II) CC cont. med. CCXXI 154 tit.; tempus ~onis lune ab ortu ad ortum excedit tempus diei et noctis Gros. Flux. 463; motor celi ‥ moveatur ‥ per renovationem cogitationum circa ~ones particulares Bacon VII 142.  c lunaris globi rotunditas ‥ per ter quinas dierum ~ones usque ad perfectum pleniluni circulum crescit Aldh. Met. 3 p. 72; in ~one temporum octavus idem qui et primus computatur dies Bede Gen. 33D; 1086 post Incarnationem duo magni cicli sunt revoluti et tertii incepta ~o, cujus xxiij annus est hic in quo modo sumus ‥ . duae ~ones habent in se mlxiiij annos ‥ EHR XXII 73; appropinquabat dies annua ~one solemnis, qua rex sanctus ad celestia regna migravit Ailr. Ed. Conf. 788C; post trinam ~onem annorum Chr. Evesham 47; quia ‥ sanguis menstrualis non habet certam temporis ~onem sed in majori parte accidit in diminutione lune Bart. Angl. IV 8.  d s948 ~one ‥ in eadem obiit et rex Eadmund Æthelw. IV 6.  e a variis egritudinibus ‥ curati sunt in duarum ~one epdomadarum Lantfr. Swith. 23; post ~onem trium aut quatuor annorum V. Chris. Marky. 10; a festo S. Michaelis A.D. 1309 usque ad anni ~onem A.D. 1310 Comp. Swith. 389; s1308 eodem festo per anni ~onem elapso V. Ed. II 159. 4 regular and recurring succession of persons in office, rotation. hac ~one servorum suorum, hac totius familie sue rotacione usus est omni tempore vite sue Croyl. 28. 5 something that forms a circular shape, coil, spiral; b (w. ref. to curved part of crozier). spira, ~o serpentis Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 556.  b 1245 baculus alius ‥ ~one terminante in caput draconis. baculus ‥ cujus †revoculo [l. revolucio] terminatur in capud draconis Invent. S. Paul. 472. 6 act of turning over: a (page of book, in quot. w. ref. to Sortes Vergilianae). b (intr.) tossing and turning, (act of) turning over and over (in bed). c (fig.) reversal. a illi inter se nonnulla ludo agentes “experiamur ‥ ~one foliorum quis nostrum futurus sit abbas, quis episcopus” ‥ invenit Gundulfus ‥ ‘fidelis servus et prudens‥’ [Matth. xxiv 45] W. Malm. GP I 72; cum ‥ ~one psalterii hujus visionis eventum ‥ explorarem, primum oculis meis versus ille se obtulit ‘Moyses et Aaron in sacerdotibus ejus’ [Psalm. xcviii 6] P. Blois Ep. 30. 102B.  b frequens in lecto ~o ‥ malum J. Mirfield Brev. 62.  c omnes processus ‥ in ~onem de facili devenirent et judicia rite reddita taliter irritarentur MGL II 171. 7 (act of) turning over (in the mind). b reflection (on), consideration (of), going back over (past event). cogitatio ‥ proveniens ex passione excitante ~onem phantasmatum imaginabilium Peckham QA 78.  b intellectuales inexpertorum oculi nisi per ~onem transactorum caligant Ord. Vit. VI 1 p. 1; recolens quid viderit ‥ diem crastinum in ~one visionis expendit Gerv. Cant. Chr. 340; secunda pars moralis philosophie dat leges publicas ‥ et quarta est de sectarum ~one, ut una eligatur que per totum mundum habeat dilatari, et alie reprobentur Bacon Tert. 51. 8 repetition. cur septinarie supputationis calculus ‥ septuplo et septuplo perplexa ~one replicetur Aldh. Met. 4 p. 74; qui [proceleumaticus] ‥ duplicatum ~onis officium et recapitulationis seriem continet Id. PR 125. 9 relapse (w. in & acc.). veluti si luxuriosus ad puritatem vite proponat venire, oritur commotio carnis que eum ad ~ones in luxuriam compellit Bern. Comm. Aen. 21.

rĕvŏlūtĭō, ōnis, f. , révolution, retour : Aug. Civ. 22, 12.