subverterent
Dictionary entries
- Entry →subverto, subvertere, subverti, subversus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
overturn, cause to topple; overthrow, destroy, subvert;
pl. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...potuerit omnem actionem partis adversae prima statim recitatione subvertere. nam lex cum dicit: qui parentes in calamitate deseruerit..."BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...solliciti erant: probarentne tantum flagitium an decretum consulis subverterent, parum constabat. Ac maxime eos potentia Scauri, quod..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...inritas leges, rem publicam in praecipiti conquestus esset: subverterent potius iura quam custodes eorum amoverent. sic delatores, genus..."