mirabamur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →miro, mirare, miravi, miratus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be amazed/surprised/bewildered (at); look in wonder/awe/admiration at;; admire/revere; wonder; marvel at;
pl. imperf. pass. ind. 1st - Entry →miror, mirari, miratus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be amazed/surprised/bewildered (at); look in wonder/awe/admiration at;; admire/revere; wonder; marvel at;
pl. imperf. ind. 1st
Examples
Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...volentes novi et proprii significationem." Hoc ubi legimus, mirabamur eandem adfinitatem visam esse Alfeno "puri" et "puti", quae..."Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...constaret, quod de barba rasa ita scriptum esset, mirabamur. Comperimus autem ceteros quoque in isdem temporibus nobiles viros..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...coctum piscem? quo exanimem? In ipso ferculo expiret." Mirabamur tantum illis inesse fastidium, ut nollent attingere nisi eodem..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...Quod quum diceremus, non opes tuas, sed animum mirabamur. Est enim demum vera felicitas, felicitate dignum videri..."