rūmĭnātĭo
ōnis, f.
I.
a chewing over again, chewing the cud, rumination.
I.
Lit.: animalium, Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 201; Serv. Verg. E. 6, 54.—
B.
Transf., a doubling; a repetition, return: corticis, Plin. 15, 23, 25, § 94: hiemis, id. 17, 22, 35, § 191.—*
II.
Trop., a thinking over, revolving in the mind, ruminating, rumination: cotidiana, Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2.