mirus

Esperanto

Verb

mirus

1. conditional of miri

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *smeiros, from Proto-Indo-European *sméyros (“laughing, smiling”), from *smey- (“to laugh, to be glad”). Cognate with Swedish smila (“to smile”), Middle High German smielen (“to smile”), Old High German smierōn (“to smile”), Old English smerian (“to laugh at”), Old English smercian, smearcian (“to smile”), smile.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmiː.rus/, [ˈmiːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.rus/, [ˈmiːrus]

Adjective

mīrus (feminine mīra, neuter mīrum, comparative mīrior, superlative mīrissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. wonderful, marvelous, amazing, surprising, awesome

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mīrus	mīra	mīrum		mīrī	mīrae	mīra
Genitive	mīrī	mīrae	mīrī		mīrōrum	mīrārum	mīrōrum
Dative	mīrō		mīrō		mīrīs
Accusative	mīrum	mīram	mīrum		mīrōs	mīrās	mīra
Ablative	mīrō	mīrā	mīrō		mīrīs
Vocative	mīre	mīra	mīrum		mīrī	mīrae	mīra

Related terms

• mīrābilis
• mīrābiliter
• mīrābundus
• mīrāculum

• mīrandus
• mīrāns
• mīrātor

• mīrātrīx
• mīrē
• mīrificē

• mīrificus
• mīriō
• mīror
• nimirum

References

• “mīrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mirus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mīrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 981.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • no wonder: nec mirum, minime mirum (id quidem), quid mirum?
    
  • there is nothing strange in that: neque id mirum est or videri debet
    
• “mīrus” on page 1,116/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

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Lithuanian

Participle

mirus

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