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ναυάγιον

ναυάγιον, a piece of wreck

ναυᾱγ-ιον, Ion. ναυήγιον, τό,
  • piece of wreckage, Men. 536.9, Arist. Pr. 932a1: mostly in pl., A. Pers. 420, Hdt. 7.191, 8.12, al., Lys. 2.38, Th. 1.50, etc.; πολλοὺς ἀριθμοὺς ἄγνυται ναυαγίων, i. e. is shivered into a thousand pieces, E. Hel. 410: metaph., ν. ἱππικά wreck of an overturned chariot, S. El. 730, 1444; ἀνδρῶν δαιτυμόνων ν. the wreck of a feast, Choeril. 9; τὰ ν. τῆς πόλεως Demad. ap. Plu. Praec. 2.803a; ν. οἴκων Curios. ib. 517f.
    • II later, = ναυαγία, ναυαγίῳ περιπεσεῖν Str. 4.1.7.

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