STRANGE Copy link • STRANGE 1. Foreign, Vid: Figuratively, (a) Unacquainted with anything. To be strange (stranger) in a thing, in aliqua re peregrinum, hospitem, non versatum esse; in aliqua re peregrinum atque hospitem esse; alienum esse in re (not to be trusted with anything): rudem esse in re (to have no knowledge of anything). (b) Unusual, insolitus, insolens; novus (new): mirus (wonderful, striking). To be strange, mirum esse or videri. A thing seems strange to us, mirum aliquid mihi videtur; miror, demiror, admiror aliquid; admiror de re (it excites my astonishment): offendit me aliquid; aegre or moleste fero aliquid (it is very offensive to me); very strange, permirum aliquid mihi accidit. This ought not to appear strange to anybody, mirabile nihil habet ea res. Not belonging to one’s self or one’s family, extrarius, extraneus (the former, that does not belong to one’s person; e.g., extrarius canis, a strange dog; Suet., Vit., 4; the latter, that does not belong to the family; opposed to domesticus; Vid: Col., 12, praef., § 4; Suet., Claud., 4): alienus (general term, that does not concern or relate to one; especially in respect of possession; opposed to meus or noster, amicus, etc.). Strange persons, extranei (opposed to familiares, etc.): alienissimi (Caes., B.G., 6, 31). To pass into strange hands, in alienas manus incidere. Figuratively, (a) To be strange to a person or thing; i. e., not suited, alienum esse; abhorrere a, etc.: (b) to be strange (i. e., averse, disinclined), averso or alieno esse in aliquem animo. 2. interj., papae! (Terentianus): nonne hoc mirum est? nonne hoc monstri simile est?