(verb) : sub-verto (-vorto), ti, sum, 3
* To turn upside down; to upset, overturn, overthrow (not in Cic. or Caes.).
* Lit.: lupinum aratro,Col. 11, 2, 44: mensam,Suet. Ner. 47: statuas,id. Calig. 34: tantas operum moles,Ov. F. 6, 645: silvam,Luc. 3, 436: subversi montes,Sall. C. 13, 1: Arisbe terrarum motu subversa,Plin. 5, 31, 39, § 139: Silvani simulacrum,id. 15, 18, 20, § 77: obices portarum,Tac. A. 13, 39. — Absol., Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 17: calceus olim Si pede major erit, subvertet,Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 43.
* Trop., to overthrow, ruin, destroy, subvert: subversa jacebat Pristina majestas soliorum,overthrown, subverted,Lucr. 5, 1136: subversa Crassorum et Orphiti domus,Tac. H. 4, 42: florentes privignos per occultum,Tac. A. 4, 71 fin.: aliquem,to ruin, undo,Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 51: avaritia fidem, probitatem ceterasque artes bonas subvertit,Sall. C. 10, 4: leges ac libertatem,id. H. 1, 48, 10 Dietsch: imperium,id. ib. 1, 48, 8: ad ea quae majores pepererunt, subvortunda,id. ib. 1, 41, 3: decretum consulis,id. J. 30, 1: leges,Tac. A. 2, 36: jura,id. ib. 4, 30: scriptam legem,Quint. 7, 7, 6: omnia praejudicia,id. 5, 11, 13: interpretationem adversarii (opp. confirmare),id. 7, 6, 2: artem orandi,id. 9, 4, 3: testamentum,Val. Max. 7, 8, 1: antiquiora beneficia,Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 6: omnis domus delatorum interpretationibus,Tac. A. 3, 25: opes,Luc. 8, 273: quaesitum imperium brevis momenti culpā,Just. 6, 3, 8: patriae mores,id. 12, 5, 2.