naufragus
ὅνος λύρας ἀκούει κινῶν τά ὦτα → a donkey hears the lyre and wiggles its ears, caviar to the general
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
naufrăgus: a, um, adj. navis-frango,
I that suffers shipwreck, shipwrecked, wrecked.
I Lit. (class.): Marium Africa devicta expulsum et naufragum vidit, Cic. Pis. 19, 43: corpora, Verg. G. 3, 542: puppis, Ov. H. 2, 16: mulier, Tac. A. 14, 11.—
(b) Subst.: naufrăgus, i, m., a shipwrecked person: naufragus natans, Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 153: dare naufrago tabulam, Sen. Ben. 3, 9, 2: mersā rate naufragus assem Dum rogat, Juv. 14. 301.—
B Poet., transf., that causes shipwreck, shipwrecking: mare, Hor. C. 1, 16, 10: unda, Tib. 2, 4, 10: monstra, Ov. F. 4, 500: tempestas, Val. Fl. 1, 584: Syrtis, Sil. 17, 635; cf. navifragus.—
II Trop., ruined: naufragorum ejecta ac debilitata manus, Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24: ut aliquis patrimonio naufragus, id. Sull. 14, 41.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
naufrăgus,¹⁰ a, um (navifragus, frango),
1 qui a fait naufrage, naufragé : Cic. Pis. 43 ; Virg. G. 3, 542
