rotation Copy link Outline 1. rŏtātio. Vitruv. 10, 7, init.2. rŏtātus, ūs3. of a sling4. turbo, ĭnis, m.5. conversio6. vĭcissĭtūdo • rotation: 1. rŏtātio. Vitruv. 10, 7, init. 2. rŏtātus, ūs: Stat. Ach. 2, 416. 3. of a sling: tortus, ūs: ib. 42. 4. turbo, ĭnis, m.: the r. of the sky, t. caeli, Lucr. 5, 624: by a movement of r., momento turbinis, Pers. 5, 78: Virg. Aen. 11, 284. 5. conversio: v. revolution. 6. vĭcissĭtūdo: r. of command, v. imperitandi, Liv. 3, 39. Phr.: in r.: (1). in orbem: the husband-man's toil returns in its r., redit ... labor actus in orbem, Virg. Georg. 2, 401. (2). ordine. before that the opinions were asked in r., priusquam ordine rogarentur sententiae, Liv. 3, 39. (3). in ordine, Virg. Ecl. 7, 20. (4). per ordinem, Qnint. 4, 2, 72. (5). expr. by alternus: v. alternately.