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.
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.
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).