θαυμάσι-ος [ᾰ], α, ον,
Ionic dialect θωμ-, rarely ος, ον [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Im.” 19: (see. θαῦμα)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:— wonderful, marvellous, ὄσσα [[ “hymnus ad Mercurium” 443; χάρις 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 584 (nisi _neuter_ _plural_); [ὁδὸς] θωμασιωτέρη 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.21 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; θωμάσια wonders, marvels, [[[prev. work] 35] Refs]: superlative -ώτατα [[[prev. author] 6.47; θαυμάσια ἐργάζεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 220a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἧττον θαυμαστά, καίπερ ὄντα θαυμάσια less admired, though admirable, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.974d] Refs 1st c.AD+]: with infinitive, τέρας θ. προσιδέσθαι [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.26 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ θ. [ἐστι] with infinitive, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 468; ἔστιν δὲ.. τοῦτο.. θ., ὅπως.. [prev. author] “Pl.” 340 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; θ. τοῦ κάλλους marvellous for beauty, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.9; πρὸς τὴν τόλμαν -ώτατε 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.152: with _interrogative_, θαυμάσιον ὅσον] Refs 5th c.BC+] exceedingly, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 217a; θαυμάσι᾽ ἡλίκα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.24 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ -ώτατον what is most wonderful, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.63. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__2 adverb -ίως wonderfully, i.e. exceedingly, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nu.” 1240: frequently with ὡς, θ. ὡς ἄθλιος] Refs 5th c.BC+] marvellously wretched, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 471a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; θ. ἂν ὡς ηὐλαβούμην I should be wonderfully cautious, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 29.1. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]