I. of objects, wonder, marvel, in Ep. always in sg., Il.13.99, etc.; θαῦμ᾽ ἐτέτυκτο πελώριον, of Polyphemus, Od.9.190; θαῦμα βροτοῖσι, of a beautiful woman, 11.287; ἄσπετόν τι θ., of Hercules, S.Tr.961 (lyr.), etc.: freq. c. inf., θ. ἰδέσθαι a wonder to behold, Il.5.725, etc.; “θ. ἰδεῖν” h.Ven.205, Hes.Sc.318; “θ. ἰδεῖν εὐκοσμίας” E.Ba.693; “θ. ἀκοῦσαι” Pi.P. 1.26; “θ. ἀνέλπιστον μαθεῖν” S.Tr.673, etc.; θαῦμ᾽ ὅτι . . strange that . . , Theoc.15.2; οὐ θαῦμά [ἐστι] no wonder, Pi.N.10.50; so καὶ θ. γ᾽ οὐδέν and no wonder, Ar.Pl.99; “τὸ μὴ πείθεσθαι θ. οὐδέν” Pl.R.498d, etc.; τί τοῦτο θ.; E.Hipp.439; “ἦ μάλα θ. κύων ὅδε κεῖται” Od.17.306; “θῶμα ποιεῖσθαί τι” Hdt.1.68; “τί τινος” Id.9.58; τινος Id.7.99; “περί τινος” Id.3.23: after Hom. in pl., “θαύματ᾽ ἐμοὶ κλύειν” A.Ag.1166 (v.l. θραύματ᾽）“ θαύματ᾽ ἀνθρώποις ὁρᾶν” E.Ion1142; θαυμάτων κρείσσονα or πέρα things more than wondrous, Id.Ba.667, Hec.714.
2. in pl., also, puppetshow, toy theatre, θ. δεικνύναι, ἐπιδεικνύναι, Pl.R.514b, Lg.658c; ἐν θ. Thphr.Char.6.4, cf. 27.7, Ph.1.28; mountebank-gambols, X.Smp. 2.1, cf. 7.3 (sg.); ἐν τοῖς θ. ὑπεκρίνετο μίμους in the jugglers' booths, Ath.10.452f; of menageries, Isoc.15.213; of mechanical devices, Arist.Mech.848a11: metaph., “ἔνιοι θ. ποιοῦσιν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ” Phld.Rh. 1.99S.: sg., puppet, Pl.Lg.644d; trick, τὸ τῆς σοφιστικῆς δυνάμεως θ. Id.Sph.233a.
II. wonder, astonishment, “θ. μ᾽ ἔχει ὡς . . ” Od.10.326, etc.; ἔσχον θ. S.El.897; “θ. δ᾽ ὄμμασιν πάρα” A.Eu.407; “θ. μ᾽ ὑπέρχεται” S.El.928; μ᾽ ἐλάμβανε θ. Ar.Av.511; θαύματος ἄξιος worthy of wonder, E.Hipp.906, etc.; ἐν θώματι εἶναι to be astonished, Hdt.1.68, cf. Th.8.14; ἐν θώματι ἔχεσθαι, ἐνέχεσθαι, Hdt.8.135,7.128; ἐν θ. ἐνέχεσθαί τινος at a thing, Id.9.37; “ἐν θαύματι ποιεῖσθαι” Plu.Pomp.14; “διὰ θαύματος σχεῖν” Hdn.2.2.7: pl., “θαυμάτων ἐπάξια” E.Ba.716, cf. Pl. Lg.967a.
