;μηδὲν θ., Lat.nil admirari, Plu. 2.44b ; technically, of theattendanceof small birds on the owl, Arist. HA 609a15 ;θ. πρόσωπον to show respect toa person, i.e.comply withtheir request, LXX Ge. 19.21 ;θ. τινά τινος fora thing, Th. 6.36 ; θ. τινὰ ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ
;θ. τί τινος to wonderat a thing in a person, E. Hipp. 1041 ; ὃ θ. τοῦ ἑταίρου
Pl. Tht. 161b
, cf. R. 376a : c. dupl. gen., θ. τούτου τῆς διανοίας
Lys. 3.44
:—these phrases are used in Att. as a civil mode of expressing dissent.
4. rarely c. dat. rei,to wonder at, Th. 4.85 .
5. folld. by Preps.,τὰ
-όμενα περί τινος
Pl. Ti. 80c
; θ. περί τινος τί τῇ τέχνῃ συμβάλλεται
Sosip. 1.37
; ἐπί σου θαυμάζω, πῶς δύνῃ . .
Plb. 23.5.12
; θαυμάσονται ἐπ' αὐτῇ
LXX Le. 26.32
.
6. freq. folld. by an interrog. sentence, θαυμάζομεν οἷον ἐτύχθη
Il. 2.320
; θ. ὅστις ἔσται ὁ ἀντερῶν
Th. 3.38
; θαυμάζοντες τί ἔσοιτο ἡ πολιτεία
X. HG 2.3.17
; θ. ὡς οὔπω πάρεισιν
Th. 1.90
, cf. X. Cyr. 1.4.20 , etc.;θ. ὅτιIwonder at the fact that . ., Pl. R. 489a ; πολλάκις τεθαύμακα ὅπως . .
Com.Adesp. 22.46D.
; but more commonly,θ. εἰ . .Iwonder if . ., as a more polite way of saying Iwonder that . ., Hdt. 1.155 , S. OC 1140 , Pl. Phd. 97a ; ἐὰν . . λέγω, μηδὲν θαυμάσῃς
Id. Smp. 215a
; ὃ καὶ θαυμάζω, εἰ . .
D. 19.86
;θαύμαζον ἀκούων, εἰ σὺ μὴ εἴης . ., Lat.mirum ni . ., Ar. Pax 1292 (hex.).—This construction is freq. combined with one or other of the foregoing.
b. c. acc., θαύμαζ' Ἀχιλῆα, ὅσσος ἔην οἷός τε
Il. 24.629
;Τηλέμαχον θαύμαζον, ὃ θαρσαλέως ἀγόρευεtheymarvelled atTelemachus, that he spake so boldly, Od. 1.382 ;τὸ δὲ θαυμάζεσκον( Ion.
impf.), ὡς . .
19.229
; θ. σοῦ γλῶσσαν, ὡς θρασύστομος
A. Ag. 1399
, etc.: sts. without a connective, ἀλλὰ τὸ θαυμάζω: ἴδον . .