miror

mīror, ātus, 1 ( act. collat. form, v. miro), v. dep. a. and n. [Sanscr. smi, smile; Gr. meidaô; cf.: mirus, nimīrum], to wonder or marvel at, to be astonished or amazed at a thing; to admire; constr. with acc., acc. with inf., with quod, si, quā ratione, quid, unde, etc., with de, and poet.; in Greek constr. also aliquem alicujus rei (class.).

(α).

With acc.:

neglegentiam hominis,

Cic. Att. 10, 5, 59:

illud jam mirari desino, quod ante mirabar,

id. de Or. 2, 14, 59:

signa, tabulas pictas, vasa caelata,

Sall. C. 11, 6:

praemia,

Verg. G. 3, 49:

patrem,

to honor admiringly, Stat. S. 5, 2, 75:

alia digna miratu,

of admiring wonder, Sen. Ep. 94, 56:

mirari se,

to admire one's self, be in love with one's self, be vain, Cat. 22, 17.—

(β).

With object-clause:

si quis forte miratur, me ad accusandum descendere,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 1.—

(γ).

With quod:

mirari se aiebat, quod non rideret haruspex, haruspicem cum vidisset,

Cic. Div. 2, 24, 51.—

(δ).

With si:

idne tu miraris, si patrissat filius?

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 27: miror si, I should wonder, be surprised, if:

miror, in illā superbiā et importunitate si quemquam amicum habere potuit,

Cic. Lael. 15, 54.—

(ε).

With rel.-clause:

ne miremini, quā ratione hic tantum potuerit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134:

ejus rei quae causa esset miratus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 32:

miror, quid ex Piraeo abierit,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 59:

satis mirari non possum, unde, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 95:

si quis antea mirabatur, quid esset, quod, etc.,

id. Sest. 1.—

(ζ).

With de:

de singulari impudentiā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2, § 6.—

(η).

With cum: ne quis miretur, cum tam clare tonuerit, Pompon. ap. Non. 473, 3 (Com. Rel. v. 4 Rib.).—

(θ).

Poet. in Greek constr. (thaumazô tina tinos), aliquem alicujus rei:

(te) justitiaene prius mirer belline laborum,

Verg. A. 11, 126.—

II.

Trop.

A.

To have a regard for:

familiaritates... amantium nos amicorum et nostra mirantium,

Cic. Off. 2, 8, 30.—

B.

Of inanim. subjects ( poet. ):

(arbos) miraturque novas frondes et non sua poma,

Verg. G. 2, 82.—Hence, mīran-dus, a, um, P. a., wonderful, strange, singular (class.):

in mirandam altitudinem depressum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 68:

mirandum in modum,

in a wonderful manner, id. Att. 9, 7, 3:

cliens,

Juv. 10, 161:

fides,

Stat. S. 1, 3, 20.— Neutr. absol.: mirandum est, unde, etc., the wonder is, etc., Juv. 10, 32.