The corpus record

ναυᾱγ-έω

nauageo

suffer shipwreck

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Where it lives

1 Timothy 1 · 6.31/10k
2 Corinthians 1 · 2.23/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5 · 0.47/10k
Discourses 2 · 0.27/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

suffer shipwreck

suffer shipwreck, Hdt. l.c., X. Cyr. 3.1.24, D. 34.10, etc.: metaph., of chariots, Id. 61.29; of an earthen vessel, A. Fr. 180; of persons, ν. ἐν τοῖς ἰδίοις Thphr. ap. D.L. 5.55, cf. Phld. Vit. p.33 J.; ἐν τῷ βίῳ Ceb. 24.2; περὶ τὴν πίστιν 1 Ep.Ti. 1.19; χὡ μὲν ἐναυάγει γαίης ἔπι AP 5.208 (Posidipp. or Asclep.); ναυαγεῖ συμπόσια μὴ τυχόντα παιδαγωγίας ὀρθῆς Plu. QConv. 2.622b.

In the wild

ναυαγήσαντος · nauagēsantos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.1 (DIORISIS sentence 218)
νεναυαγηκότα · nenauagēkota Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4283)
ναυαγήσαντι · nauagēsanti Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.1 (DIORISIS sentence 4700)
ἐναυάγησεν · enauagēsen Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5488)
νεναυάγηκα · nenauagēka Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5519)
ναυαγήσω · nauagēsō Epictetus, Discourses 2.16 (DIORISIS sentence 2811)

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