mirabilis

mīrābĭlis ( sup. mirabilissimus, Col. 6, 36, 3 MSS.), e, adj. [miror], to be wondered at, wonderful, marvellous, extraordinary, admirable, strange, singular (class.):

nimium mirimodis mirabilis,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 86:

nec hoc tam re est, quam dictu inopinatum atque mirabile,

Cic. Par. 5, 1, 35:

pugnandi cupiditas,

Nep. Milt. 5, 1:

hic tibi sit potius quam tu mirabilis illi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 23:

laetis Phrygibus mirabile sumen,

Juv. 12, 73.— Comp.:

quo ista majora ac mirabiliora fecisti,

Cic. de Or. 2, 18, 74.— Sup.:

mirabilissima soboles,

Col. 6, 36, 3.

(α).

In neutr.: mirabile est, with a subjectclause, Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 7.—

(β).

With quam, quantum, quomodo:

mirabile est, quam non multum differat,

Cic. de Or. 3, 51, 197:

esset mirabile quomodo,

id. Div. 2, 19, 44:

mirabile quantum gaudebat,

Sil. 6, 620.—

(γ).

With latter sup.: (mirabile dictu) truditur e sicco radix oleagina ligno, wonderful to tell or to be told, Verg. G. 2, 30.—

II.

Esp. (eccl. Lat.).

A.

Glorious:

mirabilis Deus in sanctis suis,

Vulg. Psa. 67, 36:

mirabilis in altis Dominus,

id. ib. 92, 6.—

B.

Miraculous:

mirabilia opera Altissimi solius,

Vulg. Eccli. 11, 4:

facta,

id. Jer. 5, 30 et saep.—Hence,

A.

Subst.: mīrābĭle, is, n., a miracle, wondrous deed (eccl. Lat.):

et faciet Dominus mirabile,

Vulg. Exod. 9, 4.—Mostly plur.:

cras faciet Dominus inter vos mirabilia,

Vulg. Jos. 3, 5:

videntes mirabilia quae fecit,

id. Matt. 21, 15 et saep. —

B.

Adv.: mīrābĭlĭter, wonderfully, astonishingly, marvellously, extraordinarily, surprisingly (class.):

mirabiliter vulgi mutata est voluntas,

Nep. Dion. 10, 2:

cupere,

Cic. Fam. 13, 16, 4:

laetari,

id. ib. 11, 14, 1:

moratus est,

is strangely constituted, is a strange fellow, id. Att. 2, 25, 1:

tonabit Deus,

Vulg. Job, 37, 5.— Comp.:

mirabilius augere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 94.