naufragus
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom nāvis (“ship”) + frangō (“to break”) + -us.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈnau̯.fra.ɡus/, [ˈnäu̯fräɡʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnau̯.fra.ɡus/, [ˈnäːu̯fräɡus]
Adjective
editnaufragus (feminine naufraga, neuter naufragum); first/second-declension adjective
- shipwrecked, wrecked
- causing shipwreck, shipwrecking
- (figuratively) ruined
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | naufragus | naufraga | naufragum | naufragī | naufragae | naufraga | |
| genitive | naufragī | naufragae | naufragī | naufragōrum | naufragārum | naufragōrum | |
| dative | naufragō | naufragae | naufragō | naufragīs | |||
| accusative | naufragum | naufragam | naufragum | naufragōs | naufragās | naufraga | |
| ablative | naufragō | naufragā | naufragō | naufragīs | |||
| vocative | naufrage | naufraga | naufragum | naufragī | naufragae | naufraga | |
Alternative forms
edit- navifragus (only in the sense "causing shipwreck")
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Italian: naufrago
- Catalan: nàufrag
- Galician: náufrago
- Middle English: nauffragus
- Portuguese: náufrago
- Spanish: náufrago
Noun
editnaufragus m (genitive naufragī); second declension
- a shipwrecked person
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | naufragus | naufragī |
| genitive | naufragī | naufragōrum |
| dative | naufragō | naufragīs |
| accusative | naufragum | naufragōs |
| ablative | naufragō | naufragīs |
| vocative | naufrage | naufragī |
References
edit- “naufragus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “naufragus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- naufragus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.