wonder (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Astonishment1. mīrātio2. admīrātio (more used than miratio3. stŭpor (blank amazement)II. The thing wondered at, a prodigy, a miracle.1. mīrācŭlum2. mīrum • wonder (subs.): I. Astonishment: 1. mīrātio: to excite w., mirationem facere, Cic. Div. 2, 22, 49. 2. admīrātio (more used than miratio: both most frequently express w. at something grand and admirable): to feel w., admiratione affici, Cic. Off. 2, 10, 37: astounded with w., admiratione obstupefacti, id. Deiot. 12, 34: w. at a fluent and wise speaker, adm. copiose sapienterque dicentis, id. Off. 2, 14: the consul was seized with w. that they did not begin the fight, consulem adm. incessit quod non pugnam inirent, Liv. 7, 34. 3. stŭpor (blank amazement): when all the others were rooted to the spot in w. and silence, quum stupor silentiumque ceteros defixisset, Liv. 6, 40: v. astonishment, amazement. II. The thing wondered at, a prodigy, a miracle. 1. mīrācŭlum: the portents and w.s of dreaming philosophers, portenta et miracula philosophorum somniantium, Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 18: the seven w.s of the world, *septem miracula mundi: v. miracle, prodigy. 2. mīrum: you tell of great w.s, nimia mira memoras, Pl. Am. 5, 1, 53. Phr.: a w. (of a person), homo mirificus, Cic. Att. 4, 11, 2: when lost in w. I was gazing on this, haec cum intuerer stupens, Cic. Rep. 6., 18, 18: what w. is it if old men are at times weak? quid mirum in senibus si infirmi sunt aliquando? Cic. de Sen. 11, 35: no wonder: non mirum est, non est quod miremur, Cic.: also by quippe, scilicet, nempe; no w. for he was a kindly man, quippe benignus erat, Hor. S. 1, 2, 4 (e Kr.).
wonder (v.) Copy link Outline 1. mīror, 1, dep.2. admīror3. demīror (to w. greatly) • wonder (v.): 1. mīror, 1, dep.: I cannot sufficiently w. at the carelessness of the man, mirari satis hominis negligentiam non queo, Cic. Att. 10, 5, 3: if any one w.s that I come here to accuse, si quis miratur me ad accusandum descendere, id. Div. in Caec. 1, 1: do you w. at the son's taking after the father? idne tu miraris si patrissat filius? Pl. Ps. 1, 5, 27. 2. admīror: I w.'d at the shortness of your letter, admiratus sum brevitatem epistolae, Cic. Att. 6, 9: I w. how he escaped, admiror quo pacto fugerit, Hor. S. 1, 4, 99: I w. that they are not contented in serious matters with their native tongue, admiror cur in gravissimis rebus non delectet eos patrius sermo, Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4. 3. demīror (to w. greatly): that you in your folly desired this, I w. not, that you hoped in my consulship to gain it, I do greatly w., haec ego vos concupiisse pro vestra stultitia non miror, sperasse me consule assequi posse demiror, Cic. Agr. 2, 36, 100: I w. who knows, demiror qui sciat, Pl. Am. 2, 2, 133.
WONDER Copy link • WONDER 1. s. Astonishment, miratio: admiratio. To excite wonder, admirationem facere, efficere: admirationem habere, or, more commonly, movere (to excite wonder; of things). To be seized with wonder, admiratio me capit or incessit. Full of wonder, mirabundus. A wonderful thing, res mira: miraculum: prodigium: portentum. (The words are found in this connection and order.) portentum et miraculum: ostentum (supernatural appearance, having an ominous character): monstrum (an unnatural animal or man). A wonder (= a wonderful person), *homo mirificus: the seven wonders of the world, *septem miracula mundi: it is no wonder, non mirum est; non est quod miremur: it is a wonder, mirum or mirandum est: is it any wonder? mirandumne id est? what wonder is it? quid mirum? “No wonder” may often be translated by quippe, scilicet: no wonder, for he was a very liberal person, quippe benignus erat (Hor., Sat., 1, 2, 4). To perform wonders, *miracula edere. 2. v. mirari (to be astonished or surprised at something strange, great, or interesting): admirari (to admire as great or striking, or as deserving praise or blame): demirari (to be astonished at some striking appearance): admiratio aliquem incessit; stupere admiratione. To wonder that, mirari quod, or accusative and infinitive: to wonder at anything, mirari, admirari, demirari aliquid, de aliqua re; mirum mihi aliquid est, videtur: to wonder greatly, valde, admodum, vehementer, magnopere mirari: I wonder what could have been the reason why, miror quid causae fuerit quare.