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mīrābĭlis (
I.sup. mirabilissimus, Col. 6, 36, 3 MSS.), e, adj. miror, to be wondered at, wonderful, marvellous, extraordinary, admirable, strange, singular (class.): “nimium mirimodis mirabilis,Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 86: “nec hoc tam re est, quam dictu inopinatum atque mirabile,Cic. Par. 5, 1, 35: “pugnandi cupiditas,Nep. Milt. 5, 1: “hic tibi sit potius quam tu mirabilis illi,Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 23: “laetis Phrygibus mirabile sumen,Juv. 12, 73.—Comp.: “quo ista majora ac mirabiliora fecisti,Cic. de Or. 2, 18, 74.— Sup.: “mirabilissima soboles,Col. 6, 36, 3.
(α). In neutr.: mirabile est, with a subjectclause, Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 7.—
(β). With quam, quantum, quomodo: “mirabile est, quam non multum differat,Cic. de Or. 3, 51, 197: “esset mirabile quomodo,id. Div. 2, 19, 44: “mirabile quantum gaudebat,Sil. 6, 620.—
(γ). With latter sup.: (mirabile dictu) truditur e sicco radix oleagina ligno, wonderful to tell or to be told, Verg. G. 2, 30.—
II. Esp. (eccl. Lat.).
A. Glorious: “mirabilis Deus in sanctis suis,Vulg. Psa. 67, 36: “mirabilis in altis Dominus,id. ib. 92, 6.—
B. Miraculous: “mirabilia opera Altissimi solius,Vulg. Eccli. 11, 4: “facta,id. Jer. 5, 30 et saep.—Hence,
A. Subst.: mīrābĭle , is, n., a miracle, wondrous deed (eccl. Lat.): “et faciet Dominus mirabile,Vulg. Exod. 9, 4.—Mostly plur.: “cras faciet Dominus inter vos mirabilia,Vulg. Jos. 3, 5: “videntes mirabilia quae fecit,id. Matt. 21, 15 et saep. —
B. Adv.: mīrābĭlĭter , wonderfully, astonishingly, marvellously, extraordinarily, surprisingly (class.): “mirabiliter vulgi mutata est voluntas,Nep. Dion. 10, 2: “cupere,Cic. Fam. 13, 16, 4: “laetari,id. ib. 11, 14, 1: “moratus est,is strangely constituted, is a strange fellow, id. Att. 2, 25, 1: “tonabit Deus,Vulg. Job, 37, 5.—Comp.: “mirabilius augere,Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 94.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (18):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 13.16.4
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 2.25.1
    • New Testament, Matthew, 21.15
    • Old Testament, Joshua, 3.5
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 4.2
    • Vergil, Georgics, 2.30
    • Old Testament, Exodus, 9.4
    • Old Testament, Jeremiah, 5.30
    • Old Testament, Psalm, 67.36
    • Old Testament, Ecclesiasticus, 11.4
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.21
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.18
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.51
    • Cornelius Nepos, Dion, 10.2
    • Cornelius Nepos, Miltiades, 5.1
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.19
    • Cicero, Paradoxa Stoicorum, 5
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 6.36.3
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