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