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  • 1 naufragium

        naufragium ī, n    [navis + FRAG-], a shipwreck: multi naufragia fecerunt.—Prov.: istorum naufragia ex terrā intueri, in safety behold their ruin.—Fig., shipwreck, ruin, loss, destruction: fortunarum: gloriae factum: tabula ex naufragio, a plank from a wreck.—The shattered remains, wreck, remnants: naufragia Caesaris amicorum: rei p.: Mollia naufragiis litora posse dari, O.
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  • 2 naufragus

        naufragus adj.    [navis+FRAG-], that suffers shipwreck, shipwrecked, wrecked: Marium Africa naufragum vidit: corpora, V.: simulacra, of the shipwrecked, O.—As subst m., a shipwrecked person: natans: naufragus assem Dum rogat, Iu.— That causes shipwreck, shipwrecking: mare, H.: unda, Tb.: monstra, O.—Fig., ruined: aliquis patrimoni.— Plur m. as subst: naufragorum manus.
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    naufraga, naufragum ADJ
    shipwrecked; ruined; causing shipwreck

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  • 3 naufragium

    naufrăgĭum, ii, n. [for navifragium, from navis-frango], a shipwreck.
    I.
    Lit.:

    multi naufragia fecerunt,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 1:

    naufragio perire,

    id. Deiot. 9, 25:

    naufragio interire,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 27:

    naufragio interceptus,

    Tac. A. 14, 3; Flor. 3, 10, 7:

    nullum conferri posse Naufragium velis ardentibus,

    Juv. 12, 22:

    pati,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 118.—Prov.:

    naufragia alicujus ex terrā intueri,

    to behold the ruin of others from a position of safety, Cic. Att. 2, 7, 4 (cf. Lucr. 2, 1):

    naufragium in portu facere,

    i. e. to fail when on the verge of success, Quint. Decl. 12, 23.—
    B.
    Poet., transf.
    1.
    A storm:

    naufragiis magnis multisque coörtis,

    Lucr. 2, 552.—
    2.
    The remains of a shipwreck, a wreck:

    Eurus Naufragium spargens operit freta,

    Sil. 10, 323.—
    II.
    Trop., shipwreck, ruin, loss, destruction:

    naufragium fortunarum,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 9, 25:

    luculenti patrimonii,

    id. Phil. 12, 8, 19:

    rei familiaris,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 5:

    cum Gallica gens per Italiam naufragia sua latius traheret,

    defeats, Flor. 1, 13, 19: tabula ex naufragio, lit. a plank on which a shipwrecked person saves himself; hence, a means of deliverance, a solace, Cic. Att. 4, 18, 3.—
    B.
    Transf., the shattered remains, a wreck:

    naufragia Caesaris amicorum,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 2, 3: colligere naufragium rei publicae. id. Sest. 6, 15:

    credo mollia naufragiis litora posse dari,

    Ov. P. 1, 2, 62; 2, 9, 9.

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  • 4 naufragus

    naufrăgus, a, um, adj. [navis-frango], that suffers shipwreck, shipwrecked, wrecked.
    I.
    Lit. (class.):

    Marium Africa devicta expulsum et naufragum vidit,

    Cic. Pis. 19, 43:

    corpora,

    Verg. G. 3, 542:

    puppis,

    Ov. H. 2, 16:

    mulier,

    Tac. A. 14, 11.—
    (β).
    Subst.: naufrăgus, i, m., a shipwrecked person:

    naufragus natans,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 153:

    dare naufrago tabulam,

    Sen. Ben. 3, 9, 2:

    mersā rate naufragus assem Dum rogat,

    Juv. 14. [p. 1191] 301.—
    B.
    Poet., transf., that causes shipwreck, shipwrecking:

    mare,

    Hor. C. 1, 16, 10:

    unda,

    Tib. 2, 4, 10:

    monstra,

    Ov. F. 4, 500:

    tempestas,

    Val. Fl. 1, 584:

    Syrtis,

    Sil. 17, 635; cf. navifragus.—
    II.
    Trop., ruined:

    naufragorum ejecta ac debilitata manus,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    ut aliquis patrimonio naufragus,

    id. Sull. 14, 41.

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  • 5 frangō

        frangō frēgi, frāctus, ere    [FRAG-], to break in pieces, dash to pieces, shiver, shatter, fracture: ova: anulus fractus est: navibus fractis, Cs.: navem, suffer shipwreck, T.: Ianua frangatur, H.: corpora Ad saxum, V.: laqueo gulam, strangle, S.: bracchium: Si fractus inlabatur orbis, H.: in arbore cornu, O.: te, tigris ut aspera, tear in pieces, H.: diem mero, shorten, H.— To break up, grind, bruise, crush: glaebam Bidentibus, V.: fruges saxo, V. — To break (of waves): tamquam fluctum a saxo frangi: arcus aquarum Frangitur, O.—Fig., to break down, subdue, overcome, crush, dishearten, weaken, diminish, violate, soften: alqm, ut, etc.: Danaūm fractae vires, V.: quem series inmensa laborum Fregerit, O.: proeliis fracti, Cs.: te ut ulla res frangat?: pudore: alqm patientiā: omnis res mea fracta est, my fortune was lost, H.: res fractae, calamities, V.: Frangimur fatis, V.: frangi aspectu pignorum suorum, Ta.: bellum proeliis: praedonis audaciam: consilium alicuius: doli frangentur inanes, come to naught, V.: foedus: mandata, fail in, H.: dum se calor frangat, subsides.
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    frangere, fregi, fractus V
    break, shatter, crush; dishearten, subdue, weaken; move, discourage

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  • 6 adlido

    adlidere, adlisi, adlisus V TRANS
    dash against; crush against, bruise; ruin; shipwreck

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  • 7 allido

    allidere, allisi, allisus V TRANS
    dash against; crush against, bruise; ruin; shipwreck

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  • 8 adlido

    al-līdo ( adl-), si, sum, 3, v. a. [laedo], to strike or dash one thing upon or against another.
    I.
    Lit.: tetra ad saxa adlidere, Att. ap. Non. 488, 14: ut si quis, prius arida quam sit Cretea persona, adlidat pilaeve trabive, who dashes an image of clay against a post, etc., Lucr. 4, 298; so id. 4, 572:

    (remigum) pars ad scopulos adlisa,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 27; so Vulg. Psa. 136, 9:

    in latus adlisis clupeis,

    Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 627.— Absol., Col. 1, 3, 9; cf. Schneid. ad h. 1; Vulg. Psa. 101, 11; ib. Marc. 9, 17.—
    II.
    Trop., to bring into danger; pass., to suffer damage (the figure taken from a shipwreck; cf.

    affligo): in quibus (damnationibus) Servius adlisus est,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6 fin.; so Sen. Tranq. 3 fin.:

    dixerunt, si fundus praevaleat, adlidi dominum,

    Col. 1, 3, 9.

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  • 9 Alcyone

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  • 10 allido

    al-līdo ( adl-), si, sum, 3, v. a. [laedo], to strike or dash one thing upon or against another.
    I.
    Lit.: tetra ad saxa adlidere, Att. ap. Non. 488, 14: ut si quis, prius arida quam sit Cretea persona, adlidat pilaeve trabive, who dashes an image of clay against a post, etc., Lucr. 4, 298; so id. 4, 572:

    (remigum) pars ad scopulos adlisa,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 27; so Vulg. Psa. 136, 9:

    in latus adlisis clupeis,

    Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 627.— Absol., Col. 1, 3, 9; cf. Schneid. ad h. 1; Vulg. Psa. 101, 11; ib. Marc. 9, 17.—
    II.
    Trop., to bring into danger; pass., to suffer damage (the figure taken from a shipwreck; cf.

    affligo): in quibus (damnationibus) Servius adlisus est,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6 fin.; so Sen. Tranq. 3 fin.:

    dixerunt, si fundus praevaleat, adlidi dominum,

    Col. 1, 3, 9.

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  • 11 Ceyx

    † cēÿx, ȳcis, m., = kêüx, the male kingfisher (the female, halcyon), Plin. 32, 8, 27, § 86.—Personified: Cēyx, ȳcis, m., = Kêüx, a son of Lucifer, king of Trachis, and husband of Alcyone. Having suffered shipwreck at Delphi, he and his wife were changed to kingfishers, Ov. H. 17 (18), 81; id. M. 11, 272; 11, 544; 11, 739; Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 399.— Acc. Gr. Cēyca, Ov. M. 11, 727.

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  • 12 ceyx

    † cēÿx, ȳcis, m., = kêüx, the male kingfisher (the female, halcyon), Plin. 32, 8, 27, § 86.—Personified: Cēyx, ȳcis, m., = Kêüx, a son of Lucifer, king of Trachis, and husband of Alcyone. Having suffered shipwreck at Delphi, he and his wife were changed to kingfishers, Ov. H. 17 (18), 81; id. M. 11, 272; 11, 544; 11, 739; Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 399.— Acc. Gr. Cēyca, Ov. M. 11, 727.

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  • 13 naufrago

    naufrăgo, āvi, 1, v. n. [naufragus], to suffer shipwreck, be wrecked:

    omnes naves naufragārunt,

    Petr. 76, 4; Sid. Ep. 4, 21; Salv. Gub. Dei, 3, p. 77.

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  • 14 Naupliades

    1.
    Nauplĭus, ii, m., = Nauplios, a son of Neptune and Amymone, king of Eubœa, and father of Palamedes. To avenge his son, whom the Greeks had put to death before Troy, he made false signal-fires on the shores of Eubœa as the Greeks were returning homeward, and led them to shipwreck upon the rocks:

    Nauplius ultores sub noctem porrigit ignes,

    Prop. 4 (5), 1, 115; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 11, 260; Hyg. Fab. 116:

    Nauplii mala,

    Suet. Ner. 39.—Hence,
    II.
    Nauplĭădes, ae, m., = Naupliadês, the son of Nauplius, i. e. Palamedes, Ov. M. 13, 39; 310; id. Ib. 621.
    2.
    nauplĭus, ii, m., = nauplios, a kind of shell-fish, which sails in its shell as in a ship, Plin. 9, 30, 49, § 94; v. naviger.

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  • 15 Nauplius

    1.
    Nauplĭus, ii, m., = Nauplios, a son of Neptune and Amymone, king of Eubœa, and father of Palamedes. To avenge his son, whom the Greeks had put to death before Troy, he made false signal-fires on the shores of Eubœa as the Greeks were returning homeward, and led them to shipwreck upon the rocks:

    Nauplius ultores sub noctem porrigit ignes,

    Prop. 4 (5), 1, 115; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 11, 260; Hyg. Fab. 116:

    Nauplii mala,

    Suet. Ner. 39.—Hence,
    II.
    Nauplĭădes, ae, m., = Naupliadês, the son of Nauplius, i. e. Palamedes, Ov. M. 13, 39; 310; id. Ib. 621.
    2.
    nauplĭus, ii, m., = nauplios, a kind of shell-fish, which sails in its shell as in a ship, Plin. 9, 30, 49, § 94; v. naviger.

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  • 16 nauplius

    1.
    Nauplĭus, ii, m., = Nauplios, a son of Neptune and Amymone, king of Eubœa, and father of Palamedes. To avenge his son, whom the Greeks had put to death before Troy, he made false signal-fires on the shores of Eubœa as the Greeks were returning homeward, and led them to shipwreck upon the rocks:

    Nauplius ultores sub noctem porrigit ignes,

    Prop. 4 (5), 1, 115; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 11, 260; Hyg. Fab. 116:

    Nauplii mala,

    Suet. Ner. 39.—Hence,
    II.
    Nauplĭădes, ae, m., = Naupliadês, the son of Nauplius, i. e. Palamedes, Ov. M. 13, 39; 310; id. Ib. 621.
    2.
    nauplĭus, ii, m., = nauplios, a kind of shell-fish, which sails in its shell as in a ship, Plin. 9, 30, 49, § 94; v. naviger.

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  • 17 rates

    rătis ( rătes, acc. to Prob. p. 1473 fin.; yet perh. we should here read vates; acc. ratim, Hyg. Fab. 175), is, f. [Sanscr. ar-i-tras that which propels, an oar; Gr. eretês, rower; eressô, to row; Lat.: remus, remigium, triremis, etc.].
    1.
    A vessel made of logs fastened together, a raft: rates vocantur tigna colligata, quae per aquam aguntur; quo vocabulo interdum etiam naves significantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 272 Müll.; cf. Fest. p. 273, 22 ib.:

    nave primus in Graeciam ex Aegypto Danaus advenit, antea ratibus navigabatur inventis in mari Rubro inter insulas a rege Erythrā,

    Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 206; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 5:

    transeunt Rhenum navibus ratibusque,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

    trabibus verius quam ratibus,

    Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53; Caes. B. C. 1, 25:

    ratibus quibus junxerat flumen, nondum resolutis, etc.,

    i. e. pontoons, Liv. 21, 47:

    tamquam in rate in mari immenso nostra vehitur ratio,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73 B. and K.—
    2.
    A float: quasi pueris [p. 1528] qui nare discunt, scirpea induitur ratis, Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 9.—
    3.
    Prov.:

    servavisti omnem ratem,

    you have saved us from shipwreck, Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 15; cf. id. ib. 3, 2, 53; id. Bacch. 4, 6, 27.—
    B.
    Meton., in the poets, a bark, boat, vessel, in gen.: caeruleum spumat sale confertā rate pulsum, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 659 P. (Ann. v. 378 Vahl.); Naev. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 23 Müll.; Att. ap. Fest. s. v. rates, p. 272 ib.; Cat. 63, 1; 64, 121; Verg. G. 2, 445; id. A. 1, 43; 3, 192; 4, 53.—

    Of Charon's boat,

    Verg. A. 6, 302.

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  • 18 ratis

    rătis ( rătes, acc. to Prob. p. 1473 fin.; yet perh. we should here read vates; acc. ratim, Hyg. Fab. 175), is, f. [Sanscr. ar-i-tras that which propels, an oar; Gr. eretês, rower; eressô, to row; Lat.: remus, remigium, triremis, etc.].
    1.
    A vessel made of logs fastened together, a raft: rates vocantur tigna colligata, quae per aquam aguntur; quo vocabulo interdum etiam naves significantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 272 Müll.; cf. Fest. p. 273, 22 ib.:

    nave primus in Graeciam ex Aegypto Danaus advenit, antea ratibus navigabatur inventis in mari Rubro inter insulas a rege Erythrā,

    Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 206; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 5:

    transeunt Rhenum navibus ratibusque,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

    trabibus verius quam ratibus,

    Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53; Caes. B. C. 1, 25:

    ratibus quibus junxerat flumen, nondum resolutis, etc.,

    i. e. pontoons, Liv. 21, 47:

    tamquam in rate in mari immenso nostra vehitur ratio,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73 B. and K.—
    2.
    A float: quasi pueris [p. 1528] qui nare discunt, scirpea induitur ratis, Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 9.—
    3.
    Prov.:

    servavisti omnem ratem,

    you have saved us from shipwreck, Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 15; cf. id. ib. 3, 2, 53; id. Bacch. 4, 6, 27.—
    B.
    Meton., in the poets, a bark, boat, vessel, in gen.: caeruleum spumat sale confertā rate pulsum, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 659 P. (Ann. v. 378 Vahl.); Naev. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 23 Müll.; Att. ap. Fest. s. v. rates, p. 272 ib.; Cat. 63, 1; 64, 121; Verg. G. 2, 445; id. A. 1, 43; 3, 192; 4, 53.—

    Of Charon's boat,

    Verg. A. 6, 302.

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  • 19 tabula

    tăbŭla, ae, f. [root ta-, tab; whence also taberna, q. v.], a board, plank.
    I.
    In gen.:

    si tabulam de naufragio stultus arripuerit,

    Cic. Off. 3, 23, 89; cf. id. Att. 4, 18, 3; Verg. A. 1, 119:

    laceras tabulas in litore vidi,

    Ov. M. 11, 428:

    tabula navis,

    Juv. 14, 289; Verg. A. 9, 537:

    inauratae,

    Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 114:

    latera (fossarum) cluduntur tabulis,

    id. 33, 4, 21, § 76:

    perforatae,

    Col. 7, 4, 5.—Esp., a board to play on, Ov. de Nuce, 77; Sen. Tranq. An. 14, 7; Juv. 1, 90.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    A writing-tablet; also, a tablet written upon, a writing, as a letter, contract, account, list, will, etc. (cf. tabella):

    tabulae litteris Graecis confectae,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 29:

    cerata,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 18: litteraria, a writing-tablet for children, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 10; cf.:

    laevo suspensi loculos tabulamque lacerto,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 74; id. Ep. 1, 1, 56:

    ponatur calculus assint Cum tabula pueri,

    Juv. 9, 41: tabula calculatoria, Schol. Juv. 7, 73.—
    B.
    Plur., a book of account:

    pro tabulis, Ubi aera perscribuntur usuraria,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 52; cf.:

    multum differt, in arcāne positum sit argentum, an in tabulis debeatur,

    Cic. Top. 3, 16:

    litterae lituraeque omnes assimulatae, expressae, de tabulis in libros transferuntur,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 189:

    aliquid in tabulas referre,

    id. Fl. 9, 20:

    tabulas conficere,

    id. de Or. 2, 23, 97; id. Verr. 2, 1, 23, § 60; id. Rosc. Com. 2, 5:

    unae tabulae proferantur, in quibus vestigium sit aliquod, quod, etc.,

    id. Font. 5, 12 (1, 2): novae, new account-books (by substituting which for the old ones debts were abolished in whole or in part), id. Phil. 6, 4, 11; id. Att. 5, 21, 13; 14, 21, 4; id. Off. 2, 23, 84; Caes. B. C. 3, 1; 3, 21; cf. Sall. C. 21, 2. —
    C.
    A counter, office where records are kept:

    suos necessarios conrogat, ut ad tabulam Sextiam sibi adsint horā secundā,

    Cic. Quint. 6, 25. —
    D.
    Adest ad tabulam: licetur Aebutius (a tablet on which an auction was advertised);

    hence,

    an auction, Cic. Caecin. 6, 16; cf.:

    sin ad tabulam venimus, vincemus facultates Othonis,

    id. Att. 12, 40, 4. —
    E.
    Of public records, etc.:

    tabula praerogativae,

    a list of votes, Cic. Pis. 5, 11; cf. Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 18; 3, 17, 1; Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 2, 8:

    qui de tabulis publicis recitat,

    public records, State papers, Cic. Fl. 17, 40; so,

    publicae,

    id. Arch. 4, 8; Liv. 26, 36, 11.—Esp., the censor ' s lists:

    tabularum cura,

    Liv. 4. 8, 4:

    memoria publica recensionis tabulis publicis impressa,

    Cic. Mil. 27, 74; Flor. 1, 6, 3; cf.:

    tabulae aereae, in quibus publicae constitutiones inciduntur,

    Plin. 34, 9, 21, § 99:

    XII. tabulae,

    the Twelve Tables, Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 54; so of the tables of the laws:

    decem tabulas conscripsisse,

    id. ib. 2, 36, 61:

    duabus tabulis additis,

    id. ib. 2, 37, 63; id. de Or. 1, 43, 193; 1, 44, 195 al.; v. duodecim; cf.:

    nequa tabula ullius decreti Caesaris aut beneficii figeretur,

    id. Phil. 1, 1, 3:

    tabula Sullae,

    the list of proscribed persons, Juv. 2, 28; Mart. 5, 69, 2; Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 21; 9, 26.—
    F.
    Of any formal or solemn writing:

    in tabulas multis haec via fecit iter,

    i. e. a will, testament, Ov. A. A. 2, 332; Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 11; Juv. 2, 58; 4, 19; 12, 123; 14, 55; Mart. 5, 39, 2:

    Dicaearchi tabulae,

    maps, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3:

    lapideae,

    Vulg. Exod. 24, 12; id. 2 Cor. 3, 3. —
    G.
    A painted tablet or panel, a painting, picture:

    tabula picta,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 34; Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 36; Cic. Brut. 75, 261:

    imago in tabulis,

    id. Fin. 5, 1, 3; id. de Or. 1, 35, 161; id. Par. 5, 2, 37; Prop. 1, 2, 22; 2, 3, 41; Plin. 35, 9, 36, § 64. — Prov.: manum de tabulā, take your hand from the picture! enough! it is finished! sed heus tu, manum de tabulā, Cic. Fam. 7, 25, 1; cf.:

    dixit (Apelles)... uno se praestare, quod manum de tabulā sciret tollere,

    Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 80. —
    H.
    A votive-tablet (on which a shipwreck was painted):

    me tabula sacer Votiva paries indicat, etc.,

    Hor. C. 1, 5, 13:

    largire inopi, ne pictus oberret Caeruleā in tabulā,

    Pers. 6, 32 (cf.:

    mersā rate naufragus assem Dum rogat et pictā se tempestate tuetur,

    Juv. 14, 301). —
    K.
    A bed or plot of ground in a vineyard, Pall. Jan. 11; id. Febr. 10, 1; 9, 9; Auct. Limit. p. 311 Goes.—
    L.
    A fold in a garment, Tert. Pall. 1 and 5.

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  • shipwreck — {{11}}shipwreck (n.) mid 15c., from SHIP (Cf. ship) (n.) + WRECK (Cf. wreck) (n.). Earlier it meant things cast up from a shipwreck (c.1100). The earlier word for shipwreck in the modern sense was M.E. schipbreke, from O.E. scipbryce.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • shipwreck — /ship rek /, n. 1. the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking. 2. the remains of a wrecked ship. 3. destruction or ruin: the shipwreck of one s hopes. v.t. 4. to cause to suffer shipwreck. 5. to destroy; ruin. v.i. 6. to suffer shipwreck.… …   Universalium

  • shipwreck — [[t]ʃɪ̱prek[/t]] shipwrecks, shipwrecked 1) N VAR If there is a shipwreck, a ship is destroyed in an accident at sea. He was drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of Spain. ...the perils of storm and shipwreck. 2) N COUNT A shipwreck is a ship… …   English dictionary

  • shipwreck — ship|wreck1 [ˈʃıp rek] n 1.) [U and C] the destruction of a ship in an accident ▪ survivors of the shipwreck ▪ narrowly escaping shipwreck 2.) a ship that has been destroyed in an accident = ↑wreck shipwreck 2 shipwreck2 v …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • shipwreck — UK [ˈʃɪpˌrek] / US noun Word forms shipwreck : singular shipwreck plural shipwrecks a) [countable/uncountable] an accident in which a ship is destroyed during a journey, usually because it hits rocks b) [countable] a ship that is destroyed in a… …   English dictionary

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