ναυάγιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ναυήγιον (nauḗgion) — Ionic

Etymology

From ναῦς (naûs, “ship”) +‎ ἄγνῡμι (ágnūmi, “to break, shatter”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nau̯.ǎː.ɡi.on/ → /naˈβa.ʝi.on/ → /naˈva.ʝi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nau̯.ǎː.ɡi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /naˈwa.ɡi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /naˈβa.ʝi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /naˈva.ʝi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /naˈva.ʝi.on/

Noun

ναυᾱ́γῐον • (nauā́gĭon) n (genitive ναυᾱγίου); second declension

1. a piece of wreck
2. (Koine) shipwreck

   Synonym: ναυᾱγίᾱ (nauāgíā)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ναυᾱ́γῐον; τοῦ ναυᾱγῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ναυᾱ́γῐον tò nauā́gĭon	τὼ ναυᾱγῐ́ω tṑ nauāgĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ναυᾱ́γῐᾰ tằ nauā́gĭă
Genitive	τοῦ ναυᾱγῐ́ου toû nauāgĭ́ou	τοῖν ναυᾱγῐ́οιν toîn nauāgĭ́oin	τῶν ναυᾱγῐ́ων tôn nauāgĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ ναυᾱγῐ́ῳ tôi nauāgĭ́ōi	τοῖν ναυᾱγῐ́οιν toîn nauāgĭ́oin	τοῖς ναυᾱγῐ́οις toîs nauāgĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ ναυᾱ́γῐον tò nauā́gĭon	τὼ ναυᾱγῐ́ω tṑ nauāgĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ναυᾱ́γῐᾰ tằ nauā́gĭă
Vocative	ναυᾱ́γῐον nauā́gĭon	ναυᾱγῐ́ω nauāgĭ́ō	ναυᾱ́γῐᾰ nauā́gĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ναυᾱγίᾱ (nauāgíā)

Descendants

• Greek: ναυάγιο (navágio)
• Greek: ναυαγώ (navagó)

Further reading

• ναυάγιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ναυάγιον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ναυάγιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press