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
- A
Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...volentes novi et proprii significationem." Hoc ubi legimus, mirabamur eandem adfinitatem visam esse Alfeno "puri" et "puti", quae..." - A
Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...constaret, quod de barba rasa ita scriptum esset, mirabamur. Comperimus autem ceteros quoque in isdem temporibus nobiles viros..." - L
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..." - G
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..."