I.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.