naufragus

Latin

Etymology

From nāvis (“ship”) +‎ frangō (“to break”) +‎ -us.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnau̯.fra.ɡus/, [ˈnäu̯fräɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnau̯.fra.ɡus/, [ˈnäːu̯fräɡus]

Adjective

naufragus (feminine naufraga, neuter naufragum); first/second-declension adjective

1. shipwrecked, wrecked
2. causing shipwreck, shipwrecking
3. (figuratively) ruined

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	naufragus	naufraga	naufragum		naufragī	naufragae	naufraga
Genitive	naufragī	naufragae	naufragī		naufragōrum	naufragārum	naufragōrum
Dative	naufragō		naufragō		naufragīs
Accusative	naufragum	naufragam	naufragum		naufragōs	naufragās	naufraga
Ablative	naufragō	naufragā	naufragō		naufragīs
Vocative	naufrage	naufraga	naufragum		naufragī	naufragae	naufraga

Alternative forms

• navifragus (only in the sense "causing shipwreck")

Related terms

• naufragium
• naufragō

Descendants

• Italian: naufrago
• Catalan: nàufrag
• Galician: náufrago
• Middle English: nauffragus
• Portuguese: náufrago
• Spanish: náufrago

Noun

naufragus m (genitive naufragī); second declension

1. a shipwrecked person

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	naufragus	naufragī
Genitive	naufragī	naufragōrum
Dative	naufragō	naufragīs
Accusative	naufragum	naufragōs
Ablative	naufragō	naufragīs
Vocative	naufrage	naufragī

References

• “naufragus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “naufragus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• naufragus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.