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[Seite 1229] τό, ion. = θαῦμα. Vgl. θώυμα.
θῶμα: θωμάζω, θωμάσιος, Ἰων. ἀντὶ θαῦμα, θαυμάζω, θαυμάσιος, Ἡρόδ.