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eversor

eversor, a subverter, destroyer

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

ēversor, ōris, m.: an over-thrower, destroyer, 12.545. (ēvertō)
ēversor, ōris, m. [everto], a subverter, destroyer.
  • I Prop.: Carthaginis et Numantiae, Quint. 8, 6, 30; cf.: regnorum Priami (Achilles), Verg. A. 12, 545: regnorum cometes, i.e. presaging their destruction, Sil. 8, 639.—
  • II Trop.: civitatis, Cic. Part. 30 fin.: hujus imperii, id. Sest. 7, 17; juris humani, Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 6: pecuniae (with interceptor), i. e. who squanders it, Cod. Th. 12, 6, 1.

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