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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ναῦς (naûs, “ship”) + ἄγνῡμι (ágnūmi, “to break, shatter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nau̯.ǎː.ɡi.on/ → /naˈβa.ʝi.on/ → /naˈva.ʝi.on/
Noun
ναυᾱ́γῐον • (nauā́gion) n (genitive ναυᾱγίου); second declension
- a piece of wreck
- (Koine) shipwreck
- Synonym: ναυᾱγίᾱ (nauāgíā)
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Further reading
- ναυάγιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “ναυάγιον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
- “ναυάγιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press