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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=subverto subvertere, subverti, subversus V :: [[overturn]], [[cause to topple]]; [[overthrow]], [[destroy]], [[subvert]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>sub-verto</b>: (-vorto), ti, [[sum]], 3, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[turn]] upside [[down]]; to [[upset]], [[overturn]], [[overthrow]] (not in Cic. or Cæs.).<br /><b>I</b> 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. —<br /><b>II</b> 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.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>subvertō</b>¹¹ <b>(-vortō)</b>, i, sum, ĕre, tr.,<br /><b>1</b> mettre sens dessus dessous, retourner, renverser : Suet. [[Nero]] 47 ; Cal. 34 ; subvorsi montes Sall. C. 13, 1, montagnes renversées, aplanies ; pedem Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 43, faire tourner le pied<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] bouleverser, ruiner, détruire, anéantir : Lucr. 5, 1136 ; Sall. C. 10, 4 ; Tac. Ann. 2, 36 ; 4, 30 ; Quint. 7, 7, 6, etc.
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{{Georges
|georg=[[sub]]-[[verto]] (-[[vorto]]), vertī (vortī), [[versum]] (vorsum), ere, [[von]] unterst zu oberst [[kehren]], [[umkehren]], [[umstürzen]], I) eig.: mensam, Suet.: montes, Sall.: absol., Hor. – II) übtr., [[umstürzen]], [[stürzen]], [[vernichten]], [[decretum]], Sall.: [[imperium]], Iustin.: iura, Tac.: alqm, Ter.: subversa Crassorum [[domus]], Tac.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=subverto, is, ti, sum, ere. 3. :: 翻復。顚倒。拆壞。妄證壞人。— decretum consulis 廢總官之論。Patriae mores subvertere 更改本鄉之風。
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