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|Definition=ατος, τό, Ion. θῶμα (cf. [[θαυμάζω]]): (v. <b class="b3">θεάομαι</b>): <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> of objects, [[wonder]], [[marvel]], in Ep. always in sg., <span class="bibl">Il.13.99</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">θαῦμ' ἐτέτυκτο πελώριον</b>, of Polyphemus, <span class="bibl">Od.9.190</span>; <b class="b3">θαῦμα βροτοῖσι</b>, of a beautiful woman, <span class="bibl">11.287</span>; <b class="b3">ἄσπετόν τι θ</b>., of Hercules, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>961</span> (lyr.), etc.: freq. c. inf., <b class="b3">θ. ἰδέσθαι</b> [[a wonder]] to behold, <span class="bibl">Il.5.725</span>, etc.; θ. ἰδεῖν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ven.</span>205</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>318</span>; θ. ἰδεῖν εὐκοσμίας <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>693</span>; θ. ἀκοῦσαι <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span> 1.26</span>; θ. ἀνέλπιστον μαθεῖν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>673</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">θαῦμ' ὅτι</b>… [[strange]] that... <span class="bibl">Theoc.15.2</span>; <b class="b3">οὐ θαῦμά [ἐστι</b>] no [[wonder]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>10.50</span>; so <b class="b3">καὶ θ. γ' οὐδέν</b> and no [[wonder]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>99</span>; τὸ μὴ πείθεσθαι θ. οὐδέν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>498d</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τί τοῦτο θ</b>.; <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>439</span>; ἦ μάλα θ. κύων ὅδε κεῖται <span class="bibl">Od.17.306</span>; θῶμα ποιεῖσθαί τι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.68</span>; τί τινος <span class="bibl">Id.9.58</span>; τινος <span class="bibl">Id.7.99</span>; περί τινος <span class="bibl">Id.3.23</span>: after Hom. in pl., θαύματ' ἐμοὶ κλύειν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1166</span> (v.l. θραύματ') θαύματ' ἀνθρώποις ὁρᾶν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>1142</span>; <b class="b3">θαυμάτων κρείσσονα</b> or <b class="b3">πέρα</b> things more than [[wondrous]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ba.</span>667</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hec.</span>714</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in pl., also, [[puppetshow]], [[toy theatre]], <b class="b3">θ. δεικνύναι, ἐπιδεικνύναι</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>514b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>658c</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>6.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">27.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Ph.1.28</span>; [[mountebank-gambols]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span> 2.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.3</span> (sg.); <b class="b3">ἐν τοῖς θ. ὑπεκρίνετο μίμους</b> in the <b class="b2">jugglers' booths</b>, <span class="bibl">Ath.10.452f</span>; of menageries, <span class="bibl">Isoc.15.213</span>; of mechanical devices, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mech.</span>848a11</span>: metaph., ἔνιοι θ. ποιοῦσιν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span> 1.99S.: sg., [[puppet]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>644d</span>; [[trick]], <b class="b3">τὸ τῆς σοφιστικῆς δυνάμεως</b> θ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Sph.</span>233a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[wonder]], [[astonishment]], θ. μ' ἔχει ὡς… <span class="bibl">Od.10.326</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἔσχον θ</b>. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>897</span>; θ. δ' ὄμμασιν πάρα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>407</span>; θ. μ' ὑπέρχεται <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>928</span>; <b class="b3">μ' ἐλάμβανε θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>511</span>; <b class="b3">θαύματος ἄξιος</b> worthy of [[wonder]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>906</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐν θώματι εἶναι</b> to be [[astonished]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.68</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.8.14</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν θώματι ἔχεσθαι, ἐνέχεσθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.135</span>,<span class="bibl">7.128</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν θ. ἐνέχεσθαί τινος</b> [[at]] a thing, <span class="bibl">Id.9.37</span>; ἐν θαύματι ποιεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pomp.</span>14</span>; διὰ θαύματος σχεῖν <span class="bibl">Hdn.2.2.7</span>: pl., θαυμάτων ἐπάξια <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>716</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Lg.</span>967a</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[wonder]], [[astonishment]] (Il.).<br />Other forms: Hdt. a. o. <b class="b3">θῶμα</b> (mss. also <b class="b3">θῶυμα</b>; s. below)<br />Compounds: As 1. member e. g. in <b class="b3">θαυματο-ποιός</b> <b class="b2">wonder-worker = juggler</b> (Pl., D.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">θαυματός</b> [[wonderfull]] (Hes. Sc. 165, h. Hom., Pi.) with <b class="b3">θαυμάσιος</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (IA; Schwyzer 466), from where <b class="b3">θαυμασιότης</b> (Hp.); <b class="b3">θαυματόεις</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Man.); <b class="b3">Θαύμας</b>, <b class="b3">-αντος</b> (Hes.; Schwyzer 526, Chantraine Formation 269). Denomin. verbs: 1. <b class="b3">θαυμαίνω</b> [[wonder]], [[admire]] (θ 108, h. Ven. 84 ) with Dor. <b class="b3">Θωμάντας</b> (Phleius); 2. <b class="b3">θαυμάζω</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Il.; on the formation Schwyzer 734) with <b class="b3">θαυμαστής</b> [[admirer]] and <b class="b3">θαυμαστικός</b> (Arist.), <b class="b3">θαυμασμός</b> [[admiration]] (hell.), <b class="b3">θαύμακτρον</b> prob. [[money paid to see consurers tricks]] (Sophr. 120; cf. Chantraine 332); 3. <b class="b3">θαυματίζομαι ἐκπλήττομαι</b> H. - <b class="b3">Θώμων</b> (Boeot.); cf. <b class="b3">γνῶμα</b> : <b class="b3">γνώμων</b> a. o.; s. Bechtel Hist. Personennamen 214.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: <b class="b3">θαῦμα</b> belongs to the group of <b class="b3">θάμβος</b>, <b class="b3">τέθηπα</b> etc. with Pre-Greek labial\/F (Fur. 228-33); this also explains <b class="b3">θῶμα</b> with <b class="b3">αυ</b>\/<b class="b3">ω</b>, beside which through etymological notation in Hdt. also <b class="b3">θῶυμα</b> (Hoffmann Dial. 3, 366f.); from IE the variation cannot be explained. These verbal nouns go back on a verb for [[see]], [[observe]], seen also in [[θέα]] [[looking at]] (s. v.), <b class="b3">θεάομαι</b> [[behold]]; <b class="b3">θαῦμα</b>. Thus Kuiper Gedenksch. Kretchmer (1956) 225, Fur. 236, 242 (who further compares Proto-Hatt. <b class="b2">tau̯u̯a</b> [[fear]]).