shipwreck (v.) Copy link • 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.