mirificus

Latin > English

mirificus mirifica, mirificum ADJ :: wonderful; amazing

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mīrĭfĭcus: a, um, adj. mirus-facio,
I causing wonder or admiration, wonderful, marvellous, extraordinary, singular, strange (class.).
I Of persons: voramus litteras cum homine mirifico ... Dionysio, Cic. Att. 4, 11, 1: homo in doctrinis mirificus, Gell. 6, 15, 2.—
II Of things: turris mirificis operibus exstructa, Caes. B. C. 3, 112: pugnae, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 1: convicium, id. ib. 1, 14, 5: voluptas, id. Fam. 3, 11, 3: studium, id. ib. 14, 3, 3: mirificas gratias agere, id. Att. 14, 13, 5: sed te mirificam in latebram conjecisti, id. Div. 2, 20, 47.—Sup., in two forms: mirificissimum facinus, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 32: mirificentissima potentia, Aug. Civ. Dei, 18, 42 init.—Hence, adv.: mīrĭfĭcē, wonderfully, marvellously, extraordinarily, exceedingly (class.): delectari, Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4: dolere, id. Att. 2, 19, 1: diligere, id. N. D. 1, 21, 58: laudare, id. Fam. 3, 11, 3: prodesse, Plin. 31, 8, 44, § 97.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

mīrĭfĭcus,¹² a, um (mirus, facio), étonnant, prodigieux, extraordinaire : [pers.] Cic. Att. 4, 11, 1 ; [choses] Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 3 ; Div. 2, 47 ; Cæs. C. 3, 112, 1 || -ficissimus et -ficentissimus Ter. Phorm. 871 ; Aug. Civ. 18, 42.

Latin > German (Georges)

mīrificus, a, um (mirus u. facio), wunderbar = erstaunlich, sonderbar, außerordentlich, a) v. Pers.: Dionysius homo m., Cic.: iudex, Val. Max.: homo in doctrinis m., Gell. – b) v. Lebl.: opera, Caes.: pugna, fructus, studium, voluptas, Cic.: res (Vorfall) m. atque admiranda, Gell.: quae mirifica in Aegypto visuntur audiunturque, die Wunderdinge, die usw., Gell.: mirificas gratias agere, Cic. – m. folg. Infin., mirificus clandestinis signis sancire omnia, Fronto ad Ver. 1, 1. p. 114, 13 N. – Superl., mirificissimum facinus, Ter. Phorm. 871: mirificentissima potentia, Augustin. de civ. dei 18, 42 in.