wreck
wreck
v. trans.
Destroy: P. and V. φθείρειν, διαφθείρειν ; see destroy, ruin, overthrow.Be wrecked, lit.: P. ναυαγεῖν ; see shipwrecked.Met., P. and V. σφάλλεσθαι; see be ruined, under ruin.
v. trans.
Destroy: P. and V. φθείρειν, διαφθείρειν ; see destroy, ruin, overthrow.Be wrecked, lit.: P. ναυαγεῖν ; see shipwrecked.Met., P. and V. σφάλλεσθαι; see be ruined, under ruin.
wreck
subs.
Shipwreck: P. and V. ναυᾱγία, ἡ.
Met., ruin: P. and V. ὄλεφρος, ὁ, φθορά, ἡ, διαφθορά, ἡ, V. ἀ̆ποφθορά, ἡ ; see ruin.
Saving one from the wreck of many hopes: V. πολλῶν ῥαγεισῶν ἐλπίδων μιᾶς τυχών (Aesch. Ag. 505).
Wreckage: P. and V. ναυά̄για, τά, V. ἀ̆γαί, αἱ; see wreckage.
subs.
Shipwreck: P. and V. ναυᾱγία, ἡ.
Met., ruin: P. and V. ὄλεφρος, ὁ, φθορά, ἡ, διαφθορά, ἡ, V. ἀ̆ποφθορά, ἡ ; see ruin.
Saving one from the wreck of many hopes: V. πολλῶν ῥαγεισῶν ἐλπίδων μιᾶς τυχών (Aesch. Ag. 505).
Wreckage: P. and V. ναυά̄για, τά, V. ἀ̆γαί, αἱ; see wreckage.
WRECK
s. PROP. navigium (a shipwreck): navis fracta (a shattered ship): navis or navigii reliquiae (the remnants of a shattered ship). The timbers of a wreck tabulae navis fractae.
Figuratively Ruin Vid.
s. PROP. navigium (a shipwreck): navis fracta (a shattered ship): navis or navigii reliquiae (the remnants of a shattered ship). The timbers of a wreck tabulae navis fractae.
Figuratively Ruin Vid.
v. frangere. To be wrecked frangi; naufragium facere (☞ not naufragium pati); ad scopulos allidi or affligi; saxis impingi (by striking on rocks); naufragio interire (to perish by shipwreck).
wreck (subs.):
I. Of a ship: naufrăgium: to perish by w., naufragio perire, Cic. Deiot. 9, 25: the w. (fragments of the ship) covers the sea, naufragium operit freta, Sil. 10, 323. Phr.: if he swims out from a w., si fractis enatat navibus, Hor. A. P. 20.
II. Fig.: breaking up, ruin:
1. naufrăgium: the w. of one's fortunes, naufragium fortunarum, Cic. Rab. perd. 9, 25.
2. ruīna: v.RUIN . Phr.: should the w. of the world fall on him, si fractus illabatur orbis, Hor. Od. 3, 3, 8: the w. of former greatness, *reliquiae pristini splendoris.
I. Of a ship: naufrăgium: to perish by w., naufragio perire, Cic. Deiot. 9, 25: the w. (fragments of the ship) covers the sea, naufragium operit freta, Sil. 10, 323. Phr.: if he swims out from a w., si fractis enatat navibus, Hor. A. P. 20.
II. Fig.: breaking up, ruin:
1. naufrăgium: the w. of one's fortunes, naufragium fortunarum, Cic. Rab. perd. 9, 25.
2. ruīna: v.
wreck (v.):
1. frango, frēgi, fractum, 3 (to break): many ships being w.'d, compluribus navibus fractis, Caes. B. G. 4, 29: all my fortunes were w.'d, omnis res mea fracta est, Hor. S. 2, 3, 19.
2. illīdo, si, sum, 3 (to dash upon): to w. on the shallows, illidere vadis, Virg. Aen. 1, 112.
3. laedo, si, sum, 3. nor did the sea w. ships and shipmen on the rocks, nec aequora laedebant naves ad saxa virosque, Lucr. 5, 999. Phr.: many have been w.'d, multi naufragia fecerunt, Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 1.
1. frango, frēgi, fractum, 3 (to break): many ships being w.'d, compluribus navibus fractis, Caes. B. G. 4, 29: all my fortunes were w.'d, omnis res mea fracta est, Hor. S. 2, 3, 19.
2. illīdo, si, sum, 3 (to dash upon): to w. on the shallows, illidere vadis, Virg. Aen. 1, 112.
3. laedo, si, sum, 3. nor did the sea w. ships and shipmen on the rocks, nec aequora laedebant naves ad saxa virosque, Lucr. 5, 999. Phr.: many have been w.'d, multi naufragia fecerunt, Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 1.