The corpus record

ναυᾱγ-ός

nauagos

shipwrecked

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Where it lives

Helen 3 · 3.07/10k
Hellenica 4 · 0.61/10k
Discourses 2 · 0.27/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

shipwrecked, shipwrecked men

shipwrecked, Hdt. 4.103, E. Hel. 408, Philem. 213.3; ναυαγοὺς ἀναιρεῖσθαι pick up shipwrecked men, X. HG 1.7.4; ν. τάφος, i. e. a watery grave, AP 7.76 (Diosc.); ν. μόρος ib. 9.84 (Antiphan.).

2 causing shipwreck

Act., causing shipwreck, ἄνεμοι ib. 105.

(ἄγω) = ναύαρχος, Euph. 158.

In the wild

Ναυαγοί · Nauagoi Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.8 (DIORISIS sentence 1695)
ναυαγούς · nauagous Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.8 (DIORISIS sentence 1666)
ναυαγούς · nauagous Epictetus, Discourses 2.16 (DIORISIS sentence 2808)
ναυαγὸς · nauagos Epictetus, Discourses 3.26 (DIORISIS sentence 5689)
ναυαγὸς · nauagos Euripides, Helen (DIORISIS sentence 225)
ναυαγὸς · nauagos Euripides, Helen (DIORISIS sentence 253)

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Where it came from

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