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mīrārī to marvel at
mīrārī is a Latin Verb that primarily means to marvel at.
Definitions for mīrārī
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to marvel at, admire, wonder
English derivatives:
admire marvel miracle mirage mirror
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To be surprised, amazed, or bewildered. (b) (w. si. nisi). (c) (w. causal cls.).
- 2
(w. acc.) To be surprised, amazed, or bewildered at (a fact. circumstance, etc.). (b) (w. acc. and inf.). (c) (w. indir. qu.).
- 3
(tr.) To look with wonder or awe at (a person or thing), marvel at.
- 4
(tr.) To hold in awe, admire, revere.
Sentences with mīrārī
Latin to English
Vetus illud Catonis admodum scitum est, qui mirari se aiebat quod non rideret haruspex haruspicem cum vidisset. (De Divinatione, II, 51)Compare The well-known old remark of Cato, who used to wonder how two soothsayers could look one another in the face without laughing.
Et eunt homines mirari alta montium, et ingentes fluctus maris, et latissimos lapsus fluminum, et Oceani ambitum, et gyros siderum, et relinquunt se ipsos.Compare Men go forth to marvel at the mountain heights, at huge waves in the sea, at the board expanse of flowing rivers, at the wide reaches of the ocean, and at the circuits of the stars, but themselves they pass by.
Vivere tota vita discendum est et, quod magis fortasse miraberis, tota vita discendum est mori.Compare It takes the whole of life to learn how to live, and -what will perhaps make you wonder more- it takes the whole of life to learn how to die.
Non equidem invideo, miror magis.Compare Well, I don't grudge you that: but it does amaze me.
Nubere vis Prisco: non miror, Paula; sapisti. ducere te non vult Priscus: et ille sapit.Compare Paula, you want to marry Priscus: I am not surprised, you have good taste. Priscus doesn't want to marry you: he has good taste too.
Cum sitis similes paresque vita, uxor pessima, pessimus maritus, miror non bene convenire vobis.Compare Seeing that you are like one another, and a pair in your habits, vilest of wives, vilest of husbands, I wonder you don't agree!
Minime miror tu multus vereor periculum genus.Compare I do not all wonder that you fear many kinds of danger
Conjugation table for mīrārī
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| mīror mīrāris mīrātur mīrāmur mīrāminī mīrantur | mīrābar mīrābāris mīrābātur mīrābāmur mīrābāminī mīrābantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| mīrātus sum mīrātus es mīrātus est mīrātī sumus mīrātī estis mīrātī sunt | mīrātus eram mīrātus erās mīrātus erat mīrātī erāmus mīrātī erātis mīrātī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| mīrābor mīrāberis mīrābitur mīrābimur mīrābiminī mīrābuntur | mīrātus erō mīrātus eris mīrātus erit mīrātī erimus mīrātī eritis mīrātī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| mīrer mīrēris mīrētur mīrēmur mīrēminī mīrentur | mīrārer mīrārēris mīrārētur mīrārēmur mīrārēminī mīrārentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| mīrātus sim mīrātus sīs mīrātus sit mīrātī sīmus mīrātī sītis mīrātī sint | mīrātus essem mīrātus essēs mīrātus esset mīrātī essēmus mīrātī essētis mīrātī essent |
Infinitive present mīrārī Infinitive perfect mīrātum esse Infinitive future mīrātūrum esse | Imperative present mīrāre mīrāminī Imperative future mīrāto / mīrātor mīrāto / mīrātor - mīranto / mīrantor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| mīrāns | mīrantēs | |
| mīrāns | mīrantēs | |
| mīrāns | mīrantēs | |
| mīrāns | mīrantēs | |
| mīrāns | mīrantēs | |
| Participle future active | ||
| mīrātūrus | mīrātūrī | |
| mīrātūrus | mīrātūrī | |
| mīrātūrus | mīrātūrī | |
| mīrātūrus | mīrātūrī | |
| mīrātūrus | mīrātūrī | |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| mīrātus | mīrātī | |
| mīrātus | mīrātī | |
| mīrātus | mīrātī | |
| mīrātus | mīrātī | |
| mīrātus | mīrātī | |
| Gerundive | ||
| mīrandus | mīrandī | |
| mīrandus | mīrandī | |
| mīrandus | mīrandī | |
| mīrandus | mīrandī | |
| mīrandus | mīrandī | |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| mīrārī | mīrātum | |
| mīrārī | mīrātū | |
| mīrārī | ||
| mīrārī | ||
| mīrārī | ||
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | mīrāns | mīrantēs |
| Gen. | mīrantis | mīrantium |
| Dat. | mīrantī | mīrantibus |
| Acc. | mīrantem | mīrantēs |
| Abl. | mīrante | mīrantibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | mīrātūrus | mīrātūrī |
| Gen. | mīrātūrī | mīrātūrōrum |
| Dat. | mīrātūrō | mīrātūrīs |
| Acc. | mīrātūrum | mīrātūrōs |
| Abl. | mīrātūrō | mīrātūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | mīrātus | mīrātī |
| Gen. | mīrātī | mīrātōrum |
| Dat. | mīrātō | mīrātīs |
| Acc. | mīrātum | mīrātōs |
| Abl. | mīrātō | mīrātīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | mīrandus | mīrandī |
| Gen. | mīrandī | mīrandōrum |
| Dat. | mīrandō | mīrandīs |
| Acc. | mīrandum | mīrandōs |
| Abl. | mīrandō | mīrandīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | mīrārī | mīrātum |
| Gen. | mīrandī | mīrātū |
| Dat. | mīrandō | |
| Acc. | mīrandum | |
| Abl. | mīrandō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 248.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1115.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "mīror, mīrārī, mīrātus sum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/miror-mirari-miratus-sum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 248.mīror, mīrārī, mīrātus sum on page 248
