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“shipwreck” in Latin
naufragiumshipwreck; stormintereōto go among, become lost in; to disappear, vanish; to be ruined, undonenaufragusshipwrecked, wrecked; causing shipwreck, shipwrecking; ruinedēiciōto cast, thrust or drive out; to expel, drive into exile, banish, eject; reject; to exit, go out, rush toward
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
shipwreck 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.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for shipwreck?
- The usual Latin words for “shipwreck” are naufragium, intereō, naufragus; also ēiciō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.