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regressio

rĕgressĭo, ōnis, f. [regredior], a going back, return; a retiring, retreat (post-Aug.).
  • I Lit.: maturata, Ap. Met. 2, 18, 17; vespertina, id. ib. 9, 22, 8; non incruenta, Front. Princ. Hist. —
  • II Trop., a fig. of rhetoric, repetition, the Gr. ἐπάνοδος, Quint. 9, 3, 35; Rufin. Schem. Lex. 19 (p. 252 Frotsch.).

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