REVERSE Copy link • REVERSE 1. s. Change, vicis, vices: vicissitudo: commutatio. [SYN. in ALTERATION.] Reverse of fortune, fortunae vicissitudo: to suffer a reverse of fortune, alteram fortunam experiri. Opposite, contrarium. To do the very reverse, contra facere (☞ not contrarium facere): my opinion is the very reverse, ego contra puto (Cic.); mini contra videtur (Sall., Jug., 85, 1): to maintain the reverse, in contrariam, in oppositam, ire or discedere sententiam; contra dicere: whether he is happy or the reverse, utrum felix sit an contra. The contrary to the obverse in a coin, pars aversa. 2. v. To alter, change, mutare: immutare: invertere: variare. [SYN. and PHR. in ALTER] To overthrow, rumpere: evertere: abolere. To reverse a judgement, judicum rem judicatam irritam facere (Cic., Phil., 11, 5, 11): to seek to reverse a judgement, rem judicatam labefactare conari.