wonderful, marvellous
θαυμάσι-ος[ᾰ],α,ον , Ion.
θωμ-, rarelyος,ον
Luc. Im. 19 : (v.θαῦμα):—
A. wonderful, marvellous, ὄσσα
h.Merc. 443
; χάρις
Hes. Th. 584
(nisi neut. pl.); [ ὁδὸς] θωμασιωτέρη
Hdt. 2.21
;θωμάσια wonders, marvels, ib. 35 : Sup.
-ώτατα
Id. 6.47
; θαυμάσια ἐργάζεσθαι
Pl. Smp. 220a
;ἧττον θαυμαστά, καίπερ ὄντα θαυμάσιαlessadmired, thoughadmirable, Plu. 2.974d : c.inf., τέρας θ. προσιδέσθαι
Pi. P. 1.26
;οὐ θ. [ἐστι] c.inf., Ar. Th. 468 ; ἔστιν δὲ . . τοῦτο . . θ., ὅπως . .
Id. Pl. 340
;θ. τοῦ κάλλους marvellousfor beauty, X. An. 2.3.9 ; πρὸς τὴν τόλμαν -ώτατε
Aeschin. 3.152
: with interrog.,θαυμάσιον ὅσον exceedingly, Pl. Smp. 217a ; θαυμάσι' ἡλίκα
D. 19.24
;τὸ -ώτατονwhat ismost wonderful, D.S. 1.63 .
2. Adv. -ίως wonderfully, i.e.exceedingly, Ar. Nu.
1240 : freq. withὡς, θ. ὡς ἄθλιος marvellouslywretched, Pl. Grg. 471a ;θ. ἂν ὡς ηὐλαβούμηνI should bewonderfullycautious, D. 29.1 .
3. disposed to wonder, inAdv., ὧν οὐ -ίως γ' ἔχουσι
Hp. Morb.Sacr. 1
.
II. admirable, excellent, with slight irony, Pl. Phdr. 242a , D. 19.113 : freq. ὦ θαυμάσιε
Pl. R. 435c
, al.;ὦ -ώτατε ἄνθρωπε, in scorn, X. An. 3.1.27 .
III. θ. καὶ ἄλογον strangeand absurd, Pl. Grg. 496a ;θαυμάσια . . ἐργαζομένουςbehavingin an extraordinary manner, Id. Ap. 35a .
