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LNS

rūminātiō, rūminātiōnis

ruminor, rumino

noun (f., 3^rd declension)

a chewing over again, chewing the cud, rumination
a doubling
a repetition, return
a thinking over, revolving in the mind, ruminating, rumination

Abbreviations

rūminātio, ōnis,f. ruminor, a chewing over again, chewing the cud, rumination. Lit.: animalium, Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 201; Serv. Verg. E. 6, 54.

— Transf., a doubling; a repetition, return: corticis, Plin. 15, 23, 25, § 94: hiemis, id. 17, 22, 35, § 191.

—* Trop., a thinking over, revolving in the mind, ruminating, rumination: cotidiana, Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2.