ναυάγιον

English (LSJ)

Ion. ναυήγιον, τό,

   A piece of wreckage, Men.536.9, Arist.Pr.932a1: mostly in pl., A.Pers.420, Hdt.7.191, 8.12, al., Lys.2.38, Th.1.50, etc.; πολλοὺς ἀριθμοὺς ἄγνυται ναυαγίων, i. e. is shivered into a thousand pieces, E.Hel.410: metaph., ν. ἱππικά wreck of an overturned chariot, S.El.730, 1444; ἀνδρῶν δαιτυμόνων ν. the wreck of a feast, Choeril.9; τὰ ν. τῆς πόλεως Demad. ap. Plu.2.803a; ν. οἴκων ib. 517f.    II later, = ναυαγία, ναυαγίῳ περιπεσεῖν Str.4.1.7.