ναυαγέω

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

From ναυᾱγός (nauāgós) +‎ -έω (-éō).

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Verb

ναυᾱγέω • (nauāgéō)

  1. to suffer shipwreck.
    • 50 CE – 150 CE, Achilles Tatius, Leucippe and Cleitophon 6.9.4:
      πόσους καὶ ἄλλους ἔθρεψα νεναυαγηκότας; πόσους ἔθαψα τῆς θαλάσσης νεκρούς; εἰ ξύλον ἐκ ναυαγίας τῇ γῇ προσπεσὸν ἐλάμβανον, “τάχα” ἔλεγον “ἐπὶ ταύτης τῆς νεὼς Θέρσανδρος ἔπλει.”
      pósous kaì állous éthrepsa nenauagēkótas? pósous éthapsa tês thalássēs nekroús? ei xúlon ek nauagías tēî gēî prospesòn elámbanon, “tákha” élegon “epì taútēs tês neṑs Thérsandros éplei.”
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    • 3rd century CE, Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Eminent Philosophers 7.1.4:
      Καὶ τάδε μὲν τὰ βιβλία. τελευταῖον δὲ ἀπέστη καὶ τῶν προειρημένων ἤκουσεν ἕως ἐτῶν εἴκοσιν· ἵνα καί φασιν αὐτὸν εἰπεῖν, νῦν εὐπλόηκα, ὅτε νεναυάγηκα. οἱ δʼ ἐπὶ τοῦ Κράτητος τοῦτʼ αὐτὸν εἰπεῖν· ἄλλοι δὲ διατρίβοντα ἐν ταῖς Ἀθήναις ἀκοῦσαι τὴν ναυαγίαν καὶ εἰπεῖν, εὖ γε ποιεῖ ἡ τύχη προσελαύνουσα ἡμᾶς φιλοσοφίᾳ. ἔνιοι δέ, διαθέμενον Ἀθήνησι τὰ φορτία, οὕτω τραπῆναι πρὸς φιλοσοφίαν.
      Kaì táde mèn tà biblía. teleutaîon dè apéstē kaì tôn proeirēménōn ḗkousen héōs etôn eíkosin; hína kaí phasin autòn eipeîn, nûn euplóēka, hóte nenauágēka. hoi d epì toû Krátētos toût autòn eipeîn; álloi dè diatríbonta en taîs Athḗnais akoûsai tḕn nauagían kaì eipeîn, eû ge poieî hē túkhē proselaúnousa hēmâs philosophíāi. énioi dé, diathémenon Athḗnēsi tà phortía, hoútō trapênai pròs philosophían.
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    • 55 CE – 56 CE, Paul the Apostle, Second Epistle to the Corinthians 11:25:
      τρὶς ἐραβδίσθην, ἅπαξ ἐλιθάσθην, τρὶς ἐναυάγησα, νυχθήμερον ἐν τῷ βυθῷ πεποίηκα
      trìs erabdísthēn, hápax elithásthēn, trìs enauágēsa, nukhthḗmeron en tōî buthōî pepoíēka
      • Translation by KJV
        Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep

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