θαῦμα, ατος, τό,
Ionic dialect θῶμα (compare θαυμάζω): (see. θεάομαι):
__I of objects, wonder, marvel, in Epic dialect always in singular, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.99, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; θαῦμ᾽ ἐτέτυκτο πελώριον, of Polyphemus, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.190; θαῦμα βροτοῖσι, of a beautiful woman, 11.287 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄσπετόν τι θ., of Hercules, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 961 (Lyric poetry), etc.: frequently with ] Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, θ. ἰδέσθαι a wonder to behold, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.725, etc.; θ. ἰδεῖν “hymnus ad Venerem” 205, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 318; θ. ἰδεῖν εὐκοσμίας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 693; θ. ἀκοῦσαι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.26; θ. ἀνέλπιστον μαθεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 673, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; θαῦμ᾽ ὅτι.. strange that.., [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.2 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; οὐ θαῦμά [ἐστι] no wonder, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.50 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so καὶ θ. γ᾽ οὐδέν and no wonder, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 99; τὸ μὴ πείθεσθαι θ. οὐδέν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 498d, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί τοῦτο θ.; [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 439; ἦ μάλα θ. κύων ὅδε κεῖται 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.306; θῶμα ποιεῖσθαί τι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.68; τί τινος [prev. author] 9.58 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τινος [[ [prev. author] 7.99; περί τινος [prev. author] 3.23: after 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus in _plural_, θαύματ᾽ ἐμοὶ κλύειν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1166 (variant θραύματ᾽) θαύματ᾽ ἀνθρώποις ὁρᾶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1142 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; θαυμάτων κρείσσονα or πέρα things more than wondrous, [[ [prev. author] “Ba.” 667, “Hec.” 714. ] Refs]