WRECK Copy link • WRECK 1. 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. 2. 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).