o'erthrown

Updated: August 29, 2026

But hold! perhaps the Earth and Neptune jar, And fiercely wage an elemental war; Or Triton with his trident has o'erthrown His den, and loosen'd from the roots the stone; The rocky fragment, from the bottom torn, Is lifted up, and on the surface borne. At first he is in suspense at the sight of this unknown object; but on seeing the young mariners, and hearing their singing, he says,

Marcus Tullius Cicero - Cicero's Tusculan Disputations: Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth