admire Copy link Outline 1. admīror, 1 (usu. but not always in good sense)2. mīror, 1 (strictly only to wonder at3. ămo (to love) • admire: 1. admīror, 1 (usu. but not always in good sense): I greatly a. your ability, ingenium tuum vehementer admiror, Cic.: people most of all a. him who is not influenced by money, maxime admirantur eum qui pecunia non movetur, Cic. 2. mīror, 1 (strictly only to wonder at: q. v.): to a. and extol anything too much, aliquid nimium m. atque efferre, Cic.: to a. foolishly, stulte m., Hor.: to a. statues, signa m., Sall.: to a. oneself (i.e. be vain), se mirari, Cat. Phr.: not to be a.d, admirationem non habere, Cic.: to be greatly a.d, in magna admiratione esse, Plin. 3. ămo (to love): v. to love.
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.