θαυμάζω

thaumazo

wonder, marvel

Appears 24 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

θαυμάζω, Ion. θωμ-, Att. fut. θαυμάσομαι A. Pr. 476, E. Alc. 157, Pl. Prm. 129c, Ep. θαυμάσσομαι Il. 18.467; also θαυμάσω Hp. Nat.Puer. 29, Plu. 2.823f, etc. (in X. Cyr. 5.2.12 θαυμάζουσι is restored for -σουσι, θαυμάσετε is v.l. for -σαιτε, Id. HG 5.1.14): aor. ἐθαύμασα A. Th. 772 (lyr.), etc., Ep. θαύμασα h.Merc. 414: pf. τεθαύμακα X. Mem. 1.4.2, etc.:—Med., Gal. Med.Phil. 2 (v.l.), Ael. VH 12.30: aor. 1 ἐθαυμασάμην v.l. in Aesop. 92; οὐκ ἂν θαυμας ώμεθα (leg. -σαίμεθα) Procl. in Prm.p.750S.; θαυμάσαιτο v.l. in J. BJ 3.5.1:—Pass., fut. -ασθήσομαι Isoc. 6.105, Th. 2.41: aor. ἐθαυμάσθην Id. 6.12: pf. τεθαύμασμαι Plb. 4.82.1. 1. abs., wonder, marvel, Il. 24.394, Pl. Hp.Ma. 282e, etc. 2. c. acc., marvel at, Il. 24.631, etc.; πτόλεμόν τε μάχην τε 13.11; τύχη θαυμάσαι μὲν ἀξία S. OT 777, cf. OC 1152, El. 393:—Pass., ὡς τέρας θ. Hdt. 4.28; μὴ παρὼν -άζεται I wonder why he is not present, S. OT 289. b. honour, admire, worship, once in Hom. (but cf. θαυμαίνω) , οὔτε τι θαυμάζειν . . οὔτʼ ἀγάασθαι Od. 16.203; freq. later, as Hdt. 3.80, A. Th. 772 (lyr.), S. Aj. 1093, etc.; θ. τύμβον πατρός E. El. 519; μηδὲ τὸν πλοῦτον μηδὲ τὴν δόξαν τὴν τούτων θαυμάζετε, ἀλλʼ ὑμᾶς αὐτούς D. 21.210; μηδὲν θ., Lat. nil admirari, Plu. 2.44b; technically, of the attendance of small birds on the owl, Arist. HA 609a15; θ. πρόσωπον to show respect to a person, i.e. comply with their request, LXX Ge. 19.21; θ. τινά τινος for a thing, Th. 6.36; θ. τινὰ ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ Pl. Tht. 161c, X. Mem. 1.4.2; ἀπὸ τοῦ σώματος τὸν νεανίσκον Plu. Rom. 7:— Pass., to be admired, Hdt. 7.204; ὑπό τινος Id. 3.82; ἔν τινι Th. 2.39; τῶν προγεγενημένων μᾶλλον -θησόμεθα Isoc. 6.105; τοὺς ὁμοίως τεθαυμασμένους [ποιητάς] Phld. Po. 5.31; διά τι Isoc. 4.59: c. gen., τῆς ῥώμης Philostr. VA 7.42; χάρις δʼ ἀφʼ ἡμῶν ὀλομένων -άζεται A. Th. 703; τὰ εἰκότα θ. to receive proper marks of respect, Th. 1.38; θ. τινί Id. 7.63. c. say with astonishment, ἵνα μηδεὶς . . εἶτα τότʼ οὐκ ἔλεγες ταῦτα . . ; θαυμάζῃ D. 19.25. 3. c. gen., wonder at, marvel at, τούτου (cj. for τοῦτο) Lys. 7.23: c. part., ὃ δʼ ἐθαύμασά σου λέγοντος Pl. Prt. 329c, cf. Cri. 50c; θ. τῶν προθέντων αὖθις λέγειν Th. 3.38; θ. τί τινος to wonder at a thing in a person, E. Hipp. 1041; ὃ θ. τοῦ ἑταίρου Pl. Tht. 161b, cf. R. 376a: c. dupl. gen., θ. τούτου τῆς διανοίας Lys. 3.44:—these phrases are used in Att. as a civil mode of expressing dissent. 4. rarely c. dat. rei, to wonder at, Th. 4.85. 5. folld. by Preps., τὰ -όμενα περί τινος Pl. Ti. 80c; θ. περί τινος τί τῇ τέχνῃ συμβάλλεται Sosip. 1.37; ἐπί σου θαυμάζω, πῶς δύνῃ . . Plb. 23.5.12; θαυμάσονται ἐπʼ αὐτῇ LXXLe. 26.32. 6. freq. folld. by an interrog. sentence, θαυμάζομεν οἷον ἐτύχθη Il. 2.320; θ. ὅστις ἔσται ὁ ἀντερῶν Th. 3.38; θαυμάζοντες τί ἔσοιτο ἡ πολιτεία X. HG 2.3.17; θ. ὡς οὔπω πάρεισιν Th. 1.90, cf. X. Cyr. 1.4.20, etc.; θ. ὅτι I wonder at the fact that . . , Pl. R. 489a; πολλάκις τεθαύμακα ὅπως . . Com.Adesp. 22.46D.; but more commonly, θ. εἰ . . I wonder if . . , as a more polite way of saying I wonder that . . , Hdt. 1.155, S. OC 1140, Pl. Phd. 97a; ἐὰν . . λέγω, μηδὲν θαυμάσῃς Id. Smp. 215a; ὃ καὶ θαυμάζω, εἰ . . D. 19.86; θαύμαζον ἀκούων, εἰ σὺ μὴ εἴης . . , Lat. mirum ni . . , Ar. Pax 1292 (hex.).—This construction is freq. combined with one or other of the foregoing. b. c. acc., θαύμαζʼ Ἀχιλῆα, ὅσσος ἔην οἷός τε Il. 24.629; Τηλέμαχον θαύμαζον, ὃ θαρσαλέως ἀγόρευε they marvelled at Telemachus, that he spake so boldly, Od. 1.382; τὸ δὲ θαυμάζεσκον (Ion. impf.), ὡς . . 19.229; θ. σοῦ γλῶσσαν, ὡς θρασύστομος A. Ag. 1399, etc.: sts. without a connective, ἀλλὰ τὸ θαυμάζω· ἴδον . . Od. 4.655; σοῦ . . θαυμάσας ἔχω τόδε· χρῆν γὰρ . . S. Ph. 1362: sts. c. inf., θαυμάζομεν Ἕκτορα δῖον, αἰχμητὴν ἔμεναι Il. 5.601. c. c. gen., θ. τινός, ἥντινα γνώμην ἔχων κτλ. Antipho 1.5; θ. τῶν . . ἐχόντων ὅπως οὐ λέγουσιν Isoc. 3.3; θ. αὐτοῦ τί τολμήσει λέγειν D. 24.66; θαυμάζω τινὸς ὅτι . . Isoc. 4.1; θ. τῶν δυναστευόντων εἰ ἡγοῦνται I wonder at men in power supposing, ib.170; ὑμῶν θ. εἰ μὴ βοηθήσετε X. HG 2.3.53; also θ. αὐτοῦ . . τοῦτο, ὡς . . Pl. Phd. 89a. 7. c. acc. et inf., πενθεῖν οὔ σε θ. E. Med. 268, cf. Alc. 1130: after a gen., θαυμάζω δέ σου . . κυρεῖν λέγουσαν A. Ag. 1199.
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