noun · femininethird declension
ēversiō
ēversiō f (genitive ēversiōnis)
Meaning
- expulsion
- destruction
- revolution
- eversion
- overthrow
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
ruīna, subversiōēversiō -ōnis (f) — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 18
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ēversiō | ēversiōnēs |
| genitive | ēversiōnis | ēversiōnum |
| dative | ēversiōnī | ēversiōnibus |
| accusative | ēversiōnem | ēversiōnēs |
| ablative | ēversiōne | ēversiōnibus |
| vocative | ēversiō | ēversiōnēs |
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.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ēversiō ōnis, f
ex + VERT-, an overthrowing, subversion : columnae: rerum p.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin ēversiō From ēvertō + -tiō.