mirarentur
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. subj. 3rd - 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. subj. 3rd
Examples
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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...crederet remissum, et genus ostentationis adamaveram, ut mirarentur homines fidem etiam in orbitate. quo vultis hoc animo feram..."Liber XLIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...orbe, nunc senescentem exiguo cornu fulgere lunam non mirarentur, ita ne obscurari quidem, cum condatur umbra terrae, trahere..."Dialogus de Oratoribus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...dubitamus inventos qui prae Catone Appium Caecum magis mirarentur? satis constat ne Ciceroni quidem obtrectatores defuisse, quibus inflatus..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...gloriae, et exempli, quod sequerentur boni principes, mali mirarentur. Vidit te populus Romanus in illa vetere potestatis suae..."
