REFLECT Copy link • REFLECTTransitively, To give back a reflection, radios repercutere: radios regerere (in oculos): to reflect as a mirror, in modum speculi imagines reddere (Vid: Sen., N.Q., 1, 11, 3): aliquid est tanti splendoris, ut imaginem recipiat (Plin., 31, 7, 41; is so bright as to be capable of reflecting): the house is reflected in the water, aqua domus imaginem recipit: human nature is faithfully reflected in boys, in pueris ut in speculis natura cernitur, or pueri sunt specula naturae: the mind is reflected in the countenance, imago animi est vultus. Intransitively, To consider, etc., meditari: to reflect upon anything, meditari (with one’s self, secum) de re, or aliquid (to think how a thing ought to be, or to be done, to devise means for accomplishing anything; with an accusative usually = to prepare one’s self for anything; e.g., orationem): commentari de re, or aliquid (to meditate upon; to study): commentari atque meditari de re, considerare (secum in animo) aliquid, or de re (to consider how to choose or decide): perpendere aliquid (to weigh carefully): aliquid reputare, with one’s self, secum, in or cum animo (as it were, to calculate results; also = to recollect): cogitare aliquid or de re (general term, to think over or upon anything): to reflect much, diu multumque secum reputare; toto animo or toto pectore cogitare; intendere cogitationem in aliquid. To reflect upon anybody; Vid. ANIMADVERT, CENSURE.