topsy-turvy
topsy-turvy
adj.
Bottom upwards: P. and V. ὕπτιος.
Turn topsy-turvy: P. ἄνω κάτω στρέφειν ; see upside down.
Disordered: P. ταραχώδης.
adj.
Bottom upwards: P. and V. ὕπτιος.
Turn topsy-turvy: P. ἄνω κάτω στρέφειν ; see upside down.
Disordered: P. ταραχώδης.
TOPSY-TURVY
perturbate: permiste. To turn topsy-turvy summa deorsum versare; miscere ac perturbare omnia (Cic.): miscere summa imis (Velleius 2 2). Here everything is turned topsy-turvy hic summa deorsum versantur or summa imis miscentur or caelum terra et mare caelo miscetur (after Juv. 2 25).
perturbate: permiste. To turn topsy-turvy summa deorsum versare; miscere ac perturbare omnia (Cic.): miscere summa imis (Velleius 2 2). Here everything is turned topsy-turvy hic summa deorsum versantur or summa imis miscentur or caelum terra et mare caelo miscetur (after Juv. 2 25).
topsy-turvy: Phr.: to turn things t., omnia sursum deorsum versare, Sen. Ep. 44, 3: quod sursum est deorsum facere, Petr. 63, fin.: less literally, omnia infima summis paria facere, turbare, miscere, Cic. Leg. 3, 9, init.: summa imis miscere, Vell. 2, 2: and more generally still, omnia permiscere, confundere, perturbare: v. TO CONFUSE .