wreck (v.) Copy link Outline 1. frango, frēgi, fractum, 3 (to break)2. illīdo, si, sum, 3 (to dash upon)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. • 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.