wreck

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

destroy: P. and V. φθείρειν, διαφθείρω, διαφθείρειν; see destroy, ruin, overthrow.

be wrecked, lit.: P. ναυαγεῖν; see shipwrecked.

Met., P. and V. σφάλλεσθαι; see be ruined, under ruin.

substantive

shipwreck: P. and V. ναυαγία, ἡ.

Met., ruin: P. and V. ὄλεφρος, ὁ, φθορά, ἡ, διαφθορά, ἡ, V. ἀποφθορά, ἡ; see ruin.

saving one from the wreck of many hopes: V. πολλῶν ῥαγεισῶν ἐλπίδων μιᾶς τυχών (Aesch., Agamemnon 505).

wreckage: P. and V. ναυάγια, τά, V. ἀγαί, αἱ; see wreckage.