shipwreck
shipwreck
subs.
P. and V. ναυᾱγία, ἡ.
Suffer shipwreck, v.: P. ναυαγεῖν.
Met., use be ruined.
subs.
P. and V. ναυᾱγία, ἡ.
Suffer shipwreck, v.: P. ναυαγεῖν.
Met., use be ruined.
shipwreck
v. trans.
Use ruin, destroy.
v. trans.
Use ruin, destroy.
SHIPWRECK
s. naufragium. To suffer shipwreck naufragium facore (Cic. Nep.); navem frangere (Ter.): [naufragium pati Sen. Trag.: ☞ not to be followed]. To perish by shipwreck naufragio perire interire (Cic. Caes.); naufragio intercipi (Tac.). One who has suffered shipwreck naufragus: qui naufragium fecit; also ejectus only. Also figuratively; e.g. if these men remain at the helm of affairs there is reason to fear a general shipwreck qui nisi a gubernaculo recesserint maximum ab universo naufragio periculum est (Cic.). In the shipwreck of the state in naufragio reipublicae.
s. naufragium. To suffer shipwreck naufragium facore (Cic. Nep.); navem frangere (Ter.): [naufragium pati Sen. Trag.: ☞ not to be followed]. To perish by shipwreck naufragio perire interire (Cic. Caes.); naufragio intercipi (Tac.). One who has suffered shipwreck naufragus: qui naufragium fecit; also ejectus only. Also figuratively; e.g. if these men remain at the helm of affairs there is reason to fear a general shipwreck qui nisi a gubernaculo recesserint maximum ab universo naufragio periculum est (Cic.). In the shipwreck of the state in naufragio reipublicae.
v. Vid: To WRECK.
shipwreck (subs.):
I. Lit.:
1. naufrăgium): many have suffered s.s, multi n. fecerunt, Cic. Fam. 16, 9, init.: to perish in a s., naufragio perire, id. Deiot. 9, 25: or naufragio interire, Caes. B. C. 3, 27, fin.: also, naufragio intercipi (to be cut off by s.), Tac. A. 14, 3, fin.
2. expr. by verbal phr.: to escape from (death by) s., fracta enatare navi, Hor. A. P. 20: so, mersa rate, Juv. 14, 301: v.TO SHIPWRECK .
II. Fig.: destruction, ruin:
1. naufrăgium: the s. of the fortunes of C. Decianus, C. Deciani n. fortunarum, Cic. Rab. perd. 9, 25: so, n. rei familiaris, id. Fam. 1, 9, fin.: unless these men retire from the helm of affairs, there is every reason to fear a general s., qui nisi a gubernaculis recesserint, maximum ab universo naufragio periculum est, Cic. Fam. 16, 27, ad med.
2. ruīna; clādes (utter destruction, complete downfall): v.RUIN , DESTRUCTION .
I. Lit.:
1. naufrăgium): many have suffered s.s, multi n. fecerunt, Cic. Fam. 16, 9, init.: to perish in a s., naufragio perire, id. Deiot. 9, 25: or naufragio interire, Caes. B. C. 3, 27, fin.: also, naufragio intercipi (to be cut off by s.), Tac. A. 14, 3, fin.
2. expr. by verbal phr.: to escape from (death by) s., fracta enatare navi, Hor. A. P. 20: so, mersa rate, Juv. 14, 301: v.
II. Fig.: destruction, ruin:
1. naufrăgium: the s. of the fortunes of C. Decianus, C. Deciani n. fortunarum, Cic. Rab. perd. 9, 25: so, n. rei familiaris, id. Fam. 1, 9, fin.: unless these men retire from the helm of affairs, there is every reason to fear a general s., qui nisi a gubernaculis recesserint, maximum ab universo naufragio periculum est, Cic. Fam. 16, 27, ad med.
2. ruīna; clādes (utter destruction, complete downfall): v.
shipwreck (v.): chiefly in pass. of persons: to be s.'d, navem frango, 3: he was s.'d on the island of Andros, navem is fregit apud Andrum insulam, Ter. Andr. 1, 3, 17: so Hor. has, omnis res mea fracta est, my fortunes were s.'d, Sat. 2, 3, 18. Also, naufragium facere: v. SHIPWRECK (subs.). See also TO WRECK .