admirandum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →admirandus, admiranda, admirandum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
wonderful, admirable; astonishing, remarkable, extraordinary;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →admiror, admirari, admiratus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
admire, respect; regard with wonder, wonder at; be surprised at, be astonished;
acc. sg. fut. part.acc. sg. fut. part.nom. sg. fut. part.voc. sg. fut. part.
Examples
Epaminondas
Cornelius Nepos
"...ioco quidem mentiretur. Idem continens, clemens patiensque admirandum in modum, non solum populi, sed etiam amicorum ferens iniurias..."Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...ipse maxime iactat, Apelles est praestantissimus. Euphranorem admirandum facit quod et ceteris optimis studiis inter praecipuos et pingendi..."In Catilinam I
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...tamque incredibilis, verum, id quod multo magis est admirandum, dies? Dixi ego idem in senatu caedem te optumatium..."Liber VI
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...portisque castrorum barbaros avertisset. Quarum omnium rerum maxime admirandum videbatur, quod Germani, qui eo consilio Rhenum transierant..."