eversio

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ēversĭo: ōnis, f. everto, I. B..
I Lit.
   A An overthrowing.
   1    In gen.: columnae, Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5.—In plur.: eversiones vehiculorum, Plin. 22, 17, 20, § 43.—
   2    Esp., a destructive overthrow, subversion, destruction: templorum, Quint. 5, 10, 97: urbis, Flor. 1, 12, 7; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 69. —In plur.: eversiones urbium, Flor. 2, 16, 1.—
   B A turning out, expulsion from one's possession: possidentium, Flor. 3, 13, 9.—
   C A turning out, expulsion: matricis, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, 28.—
II Trop. (acc. to I. A. 2.), subversion, destruction: hinc rerum publicarum eversiones, Cic. de Sen. 12: rei familiaris, Tac. A. 6, 17: omnis vitae, Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 99; id. Fin. 5, 10, 28.