miraculum
οἱ βάρβαροι γὰρ ἄνδρας ἡγοῦνται μόνους τοὺς πλεῖστα δυναμένους καταφαγεῖν καὶ πιεῖν → for great feeders and heavy drinkers are alone esteemed as men by the barbarians
Latin > English
miraculum miraculi N N :: wonder, marvel; miracle, amazing event
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mīrācŭlum: i, n. id.,
I a wonderful, strange, or marvellous thing, a wonder, marvel, miracle; wonderfulness, marvellousness (class.; syn.: prodigium, portentum): miracula, quae nunc digna admiratione dicimus, antiqui in rebus turpibus utebantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.: portenta et miracula philosophorum somniantium, strange and wonderful imaginations, Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 18: adiciunt miracula huic pugnae, relate wonderful things, Liv. 2, 7: esse miraculo, to be wonderful, to excite wonder, id. 25, 8: arbor digna miraculo, singular, curious, Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 9: in quae miracula, dixit, Verteris? Ov. M. 3, 673: omnia transformat sese in miracula rerum, Verg. G. 4, 441: miraculum magnitudinis, extraordinary size, Liv. 25, 9, 14: Euander ... venerabilis vir miraculo litterarum, rei novae inter rudes artium homines, id. 1, 7, 8: ut mors ejus majori miraculo fuerit, Suet. Oth. 12: miracula septem, the seven wonders of the world, Amm. 22, 15, 28.—
II Esp., in eccl. Lat., a miracle: facientes pene incredibilia miracula, Lact. 4, 21: Dei, id. 7, 9: quibus miraculis plurimi allicientur, id. 7, 17: accidit quasi miraculum Deo, Vulg. 1 Reg. 14, 15: nihil posse confingi miraculorum atque vitiorum, quod non ibi (in deorum genere) reperiatur, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 27.—Hence, adv.: mīrācŭlō = θαυμαστῶς, wonderfully: pictus, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 83.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mīrācŭlum,¹⁰ ī, n. (miror), prodige, merveille, chose extraordinaire : Cic. Nat. 1, 18 ; Liv. 25, 8, 7 ; magnitudinis Liv. 25, 9, 14, un prodige de grosseur ; miraculo est avec prop. inf. Liv. 25, 8, 7, c’est un objet d’étonnement que, il semble surprenant que || miraculo abl. pris advt Plin. 34, 83, étonnamment || miracula Quint. 10, 7, 11, tours d’adresse || miracle : Aug. Civ. 4, 27.
Latin > German (Georges)
mīrāculum, ī, n. (miror), I) etwas Wunderbares, ein Wunder, ein wunderbares Ereignis, Wunderding, septem miracula, die sieben Weltwunder, Plin. u. Val. Max.: liber miraculorum plenus, ein Wunderbuch, Gell.: portenta et miracula philosophorum somniantium, Cic.: adiciunt miracula huic pugnae, Liv.: quae rem miraculo eximeret, das Wunderbare benähme, Liv.: miraculo esse u. alci esse, Liv. u. Plin.: miraculo est m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, Liv. 6, 12, 2: arbor digna miraculo, bewundernswert, Plin.: u. so multa digna miraculo, Lact.: venerabilis vir miraculo litterarum, Liv.: verti in miracula, in eine wunderbare Gestalt, Ov.: so auch transformare se in miracula rerum, Verg.: puerum tamquam miraculum (wie ein Wunderding) aspicere, Plin. ep. 9, 9, 5. – Abl. mīrāculō adv. = θαυμαστῶς, wunderbar, m. pictus, Plin. 34, 83 Jan (Detl. bl. pictam). – II) das Wunderbare, Auffallende, einer Sache, magnitudinis, ein Wunder von Größe, Liv.: victoriae, Liv.: rei, Liv. – / synkop. Plur. miracla, Lucil. 14.
