demiror

dē-mīror, ātus, 1, v. dep. a., to wonder at a person or thing, to wonder (for the most part only in the 1st pers. pres., and peculiar to the lang. of conversation).

I.

Prop. (with acc. of neut. pron., or acc. and inf. ):

haec ego vos concupiisse pro vestra stultitia non miror: sperasse me consule assequi posse demiror,

Cic. Agr. 2, 36, 100; id. Att. 15, 1; id. Fam. 7, 27;

with person or thing as object (ante- and post-class.): eum demiror non venire ut jusseram,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 2, 7:

responsum ejus demiratus,

Gell. 2, 18, 10: so,

audaciam eorum,

id. 3, 7, 12:

has ejus intemperies,

id. 1, 17, 2: Optikê facit multa demiranda id genus, id. 16, 8, 3.—

II.

Transf., demiror, like our I wonder, for I am at a loss to imagine (with a relat. clause ):

demiror qui sciat,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 133; cf. Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 121:

demiror quid sit,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 68; cf. id. Stich. 1, 3, 109; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 14; and:

quid mihi dicent? demiror,

id. Phorm. 2, 1, 5:

demiror, ubi nunc ambulet Messenio,

Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 6.