wreck

καὶ παρὰ δύναμιν τολμηταὶ καὶ παρὰ γνώμην κινδυνευταὶ καὶ ἐν τοῖς δεινοῖς εὐέλπιδες → they are bold beyond their strength, venturesome beyond their better judgment, and sanguine in the face of dangers

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

v. trans.

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

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

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

subs.

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., Ag. 505).

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