shipwreck (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. naufrăgium)2. expr. by verbal phr.II. Fig.1. naufrăgium2. ruīna; clādes (utter destruction, complete downfall) • shipwreck (subs.): I. Lit.: 1. naufrăgium): many have suffered s.s, multi n. fecerunt, Cic. Fam. 16, 9, init.: to perish in a s., naufragio perire, id. Deiot. 9, 25: or naufragio interire, Caes. B. C. 3, 27, fin.: also, naufragio intercipi (to be cut off by s.), Tac. A. 14, 3, fin. 2. expr. by verbal phr.: to escape from (death by) s., fracta enatare navi, Hor. A. P. 20: so, mersa rate, Juv. 14, 301: v. to shipwreck. II. Fig.: destruction, ruin: 1. naufrăgium: the s. of the fortunes of C. Decianus, C. Deciani n. fortunarum, Cic. Rab. perd. 9, 25: so, n. rei familiaris, id. Fam. 1, 9, fin.: unless these men retire from the helm of affairs, there is every reason to fear a general s., qui nisi a gubernaculis recesserint, maximum ab universo naufragio periculum est, Cic. Fam. 16, 27, ad med. 2. ruīna; clādes (utter destruction, complete downfall): v. ruin, destruction.
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.
SHIPWRECK Copy link • SHIPWRECK 1. s. naufragium. To suffer shipwreck, naufragium facore (Cic., Nep.); navem frangere (Terentianus): [naufragium pati, Sen., Trag.: ☞ not to be followed]. To perish by shipwreck, naufragio perire, interire (Cic., Caes.); naufragio intercipi (Tac.). One who has suffered shipwreck, naufragus: qui naufragium fecit; also, ejectus only. Also figuratively; e.g., if these men remain at the helm of affairs, there is reason to fear a general shipwreck, qui nisi a gubernaculo recesserint, maximum ab universo naufragio periculum est (Cic.). In the shipwreck of the state, in naufragio reipublicae. 2. v. Vid: To WRECK.