invert Copy link • invert: inverto, ti, sum, 3: to i. the order (of words), ordinem i., Cic. Part. 7, 24: v. foll. art. Phr.: to i. the order of words, praeponere ultima primis, Hor. S. 1, 4, 59; ordinem verborum mutare, ita ut sursum versus retroque dicantur, cf. Cic. l. c.
INVERT Copy link • INVERTinvertere (e.g., ordinem verborum; to read them backward; opposed to dicere recte; also IMPROP.; inversus annus = that has run its course, and turned, as it were, Hor.). [Vid: To CHANGE.] To invert the order of words, invertere ordinem verborum: to read words in inverted order, invertere ordinem et idem quasi sursum versus retroque dicere.