naufragus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From nāvis (“ship”) + frangō (“to break”) + -us.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnau̯.fra.ɡus/, [ˈnäu̯fräɡʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnau̯.fra.ɡus/, [ˈnäːu̯fräɡus]
Adjective edit
naufragus (feminine naufraga, neuter naufragum); first/second-declension adjective
- shipwrecked, wrecked
- causing shipwreck, shipwrecking
- (figuratively) ruined
Declension edit
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 edit
- navifragus (only in the sense "causing shipwreck")
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Noun edit
naufragus m (genitive naufragī); second declension
- a shipwrecked person
Declension edit
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 edit
- “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.