wreck
From LSJ
Λύπης ἰατρός ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις λόγος – For men reason is a healer of grief – Für Menschen ist der Trauer Arzt allein das Wort – Maeroris unica medicina oratio.
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.
