ναυάγιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ναυήγιον (nauḗgion) — Ionic

Etymology

From ναῦς (naûs, “ship”) +‎ ἄγνῡμι (ágnūmi, “to break, shatter”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nau̯.ǎː.ɡi.on/ → /naˈβa.ʝi.on/ → /naˈva.ʝi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nau̯.ǎː.ɡi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /naˈwa.ɡi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /naˈβa.ʝi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /naˈva.ʝi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /naˈva.ʝi.on/

Noun

ναυᾱ́γῐον • (nauā́gion) n (genitive ναυᾱγίου); second declension

1. a piece of wreck
2. (Koine) shipwreck

   Synonym: ναυᾱγίᾱ (nauāgíā)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ναυᾱ́γῐον; τοῦ ναυᾱγῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ναυᾱ́γῐον tò nauā́gion	τὼ ναυᾱγῐ́ω tṑ nauāgíō	τᾰ̀ ναυᾱ́γῐᾰ tà nauā́gia
Genitive	τοῦ ναυᾱγῐ́ου toû nauāgíou	τοῖν ναυᾱγῐ́οιν toîn nauāgíoin	τῶν ναυᾱγῐ́ων tôn nauāgíōn
Dative	τῷ ναυᾱγῐ́ῳ tôi nauāgíōi	τοῖν ναυᾱγῐ́οιν toîn nauāgíoin	τοῖς ναυᾱγῐ́οις toîs nauāgíois
Accusative	τὸ ναυᾱ́γῐον tò nauā́gion	τὼ ναυᾱγῐ́ω tṑ nauāgíō	τᾰ̀ ναυᾱ́γῐᾰ tà nauā́gia
Vocative	ναυᾱ́γῐον nauā́gion	ναυᾱγῐ́ω nauāgíō	ναυᾱ́γῐᾰ nauā́gia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ναυᾱγίᾱ (nauāgíā)

Descendants

• Greek: ναυάγιο (navágio)

Further reading

• ναυάγιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ναυάγιον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ναυάγιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press