mirus, mira, mirum:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
wonderful, strange, remarkable, amazing, surprising, extraordinary;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | mirus | miri |
| Gen. | miri | mirorum |
| Dat. | miro | — |
| Acc. | mirum | miros |
| Voc. | mire | miri |
| Abl. | miro | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | mira | mirae |
| Gen. | mirae | mirarum |
| Dat. | mirae | — |
| Acc. | miram | miras |
| Voc. | mira | mirae |
| Abl. | mira | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | mirum | mira |
| Gen. | miri | mirorum |
| Dat. | miro | — |
| Acc. | mirum | mira |
| Voc. | mirum | mira |
| Abl. | miro | — |
Examples
Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...optimis studiis inter praecipuos et pingendi fingendique idem mirus artifex fuit. VII. Similis in statuis differentia. Nam duriora..."Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...foro diserti comparandus, in adfectibus vero cum omnibus mirus, tum in iis qui miseratione constant facile praecipuus. LXIX..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...repetes mox, sive est naturae hoc sive artis, mirus utroque.' 'quin id erat curae, quo pacto cuncta tenerem..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...cuius manu tot legiones, immensa sociorum auxilia, mirus apud populum favor, habere imperium quam exspectare mallet. dabat..."