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|lshtext=<b>mīrus</b>: a, um, adj. Sanscr. smi; v. [[miror]],<br /><b>I</b> [[wonderful]], [[marvellous]], [[astonishing]], [[extraordinary]] ([[class]].): mirum et magnum [[facinus]], Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 97: mirum me [[desiderium]] [[tenet]] urbis, Cic. Fam. 2, 11, 11: miris modis odisse aliquem, [[wonderfully]], [[exceedingly]], Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 104; so, miris modis, adverbially, [[wonderfully]], [[strangely]], Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 5; id. Men. 5, 7, 50; id. Rud. 3, 1, 1; id. Merc. 2, 1, 1: mirum in modum conversae sunt hominum mentes, [[astonishingly]], [[surprisingly]], Caes. B. G. 1, 41: sibi mirum videri, [[quid]] in suā Galliā [[populo]] Romano negotii esset, id. ib. 1, 34.—With a foll. si: [[minime]] mirum, si ista res, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 55: [[quid]] mirum in senibus, si infirmi sunt [[aliquando]]? id. Sen. 11, 35: mirum [[quam]] or [[quantum]], it is [[wonderful]] [[how]], [[how]] [[very]], [[how]] [[much]], i. e. [[extraordinarily]], [[exceedingly]]: mirum [[quam]] [[inimicus]] ibat, ut ego objurgarem, Cic. Att. 15, 40: id, mirum [[quantum]] profuit ad concordiam civitatis, Liv. 2, 1; so, mirum ut: mirum dictu, ut [[sit]] [[omnis]] Sarmatarum [[virtus]] [[velut]] [[extra]] ipsos, Tac. H. 1, 79: mirum ni or [[nisi]], it would be [[wonderful]], I should [[wonder]], I am [[very]] [[much]] [[mistaken]], if not, i. e. [[most]] [[probably]], [[undoubtedly]], Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 43: mira sunt, [[nisi]] invitavit [[sese]] in [[cena]] [[plusculum]], id. Am. 1, 1, 127: mira sunt ni Pseudulust, id. Ps. 4, 7, 118; id. Trin. 4, 2, 19 Brix ad loc.: [[socer]], et [[medicus]] me insanire aiebant: [[quid]] [[sit]], mira sunt, I [[wonder]] [[what]] it [[means]], it is [[incomprehensible]] to me, id. Men. 5, 7, 56: mirum ni or [[quin]], [[undoubtedly]], [[certainly]]: [[quid]] ploras [[pater]]? Mirum ni cantem: condemnatus [[sum]], I [[wonder]] I [[don]]'t [[sing]], of [[course]] I [[ought]] to [[sing]], Naev. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 278: mirum, [[quin]] ab avo ejus, aut proavo acciperem, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 125: mirum [[quin]] te advorsus dicat, id. Am. 2, 2, 118: [[quid]] mirum? [[what]] [[wonder]]? Ov. A. A. 3, 110.—Comp., [[only]] [[ante]]-[[class]].: mirior [[inquam]] [[tibi]] videor, Titin. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.: [[quid]] hoc mirius? Varr. ap. Non. 135, 29.—Subst.: mīra, ōrum, n., wonders, marvels: nimia mira memoras, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 57: [[septem]] mira, the [[seven]] wonders of the [[world]], Lact. 3, 24, 1.—Hence, adv.: mīrē, [[wonderfully]], [[marvellously]], [[strangely]], [[uncommonly]], [[exceedingly]] ([[class]].): puero municipia [[mire]] favent, Cic. Att. 16, 11, 6: [[factus]] [[canis]], Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 102: laudare, id. 29, 3, 12, § 54: [[gratus]], id. 29, 1, 6, § 13: afficere, Juv. 14, 24.—With a [[noun]]: [[mire]] [[opifex]], Pers. 6, 3: [[mire]] [[quam]] illius loci [[cogitatio]] delectat, [[extraordinarily]], [[exceedingly]], Cic. Att. 1, 11, 3 (al. [[mire]] [[quantum]]).