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.