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ēversĭo, ōnis, f. [everto, I. B.].

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. An overthrowing.
      1. 1. In gen.: columnae, Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5.
        In plur.: eversiones vehiculorum, Plin. 22, 17, 20, § 43.
      2. 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.
    2. B. A turning out, expulsion from one’s possession: possidentium, Flor. 3, 13, 9.
    3. C. A turning out, expulsion: matricis, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, 28.
  2. 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.