ADMIRE Copy link • ADMIREmirari (wonder at something new, strange, etc.): admirari (opposed to contemnere, to regard something with admiration as being great or good): suspicere (to look up to with a sense of inferiority). To admire exceedingly, vehementer admirari. To be admired, admiratione affici: to be much admired, in magna admiratione esse. A man who speaks with eloquence and wisdom is greatly admired, magna est admiratio copiose et sapienter dicentis. Colloquially = to be in love with, amore alicujus teneri or captum esse; aliquem in amore habere; amare.