wreck (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Of a shipII. Fig.1. naufrăgium2. ruīna • 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.