miraculum
Latin
Etymology
From mīror (“I wonder or marvel at”) + -culum (derivative suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /miːˈraː.ku.lum/, [miːˈräːkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /miˈra.ku.lum/, [miˈräːkulum]
Audio (Classical): (file)
Noun
mīrāculum n (genitive mīrāculī); second declension
- wonder, marvel, miracle; a wonderful, strange or marvellous thing.
- wonderfulness, marvellousness.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mīrāculum | mīrācula |
Genitive | mīrāculī | mīrāculōrum |
Dative | mīrāculō | mīrāculīs |
Accusative | mīrāculum | mīrācula |
Ablative | mīrāculō | mīrāculīs |
Vocative | mīrāculum | mīrācula |
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References
- “miraculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “miraculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- miraculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.