reverse (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A change to the opposite1. vĭcis (no nom. sing. or gen. pl.2. conversio3. expr. by various wordsII. A defeat (milit. t. t.)III. The back partIV. The contrary • reverse (subs.): I. A change to the opposite: 1. vĭcis (no nom. sing. or gen. pl.: change, vicissitude): lamenting the sad r. of fortune, gemens tristem fortunae v., Phaedr. 5, 1, 6: v. change, vicissitude. 2. conversio: a r. of circumstances, c. rerum, Cic. Fl. 37, 94: v. revolution. 3. expr. by various words: a r. of fortune, commutatio fortunae, Caes. B. G. 7, 63; poet. vertigo rerum, Lucan 8, 16: also simply cāsus: v. misfortune: there came suddenly a r. of fortune, conversa subito fortuna est, Nep. Att. 10, 1: to experience a r. of fortune, alteram fortunam experiri, Liv. 9, 17: to dread a r. of fortune, fortunae rotam pertimescere, Cic. Pis. 10, 22. II. A defeat (milit. t. t.): clādes, is, f.: v. defeat. III. The back part: expr. by āversus: the r. of the paper, a. charta, Mart. 8, 62, 1: the r. of a medal, *numismatis facies aversa: the r. of the parchment, tergum, Juv. 1, 6: v. back. IV. The contrary: expr. by contrārius (not to be used subst.): v. contrary, opposite.