I.to turn upside down; to upset, overturn, overthrow (not in Cic. or Cæs.).
I. 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. —
II. 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.
