θαυμάζω
thaumazo
wonder, marvel
Appears 24 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
θαυμάζω, Ion. θωμ-, Att. fut. θαυμάσομαι Pr. 476, Alc. 157, Prm. 129c, Ep. θαυμάσσομαι Il. 18.467; also θαυμάσω Nat.Puer. 29, 2.823f, etc. (in Cyr. 5.2.12 θαυμάζουσι is restored for -σουσι, θαυμάσετε is v.l. for -σαιτε, HG 5.1.14): aor. ἐθαύμασα Th. 772 (lyr.), etc., Ep. θαύμασα h.Merc. 414: pf. τεθαύμακα Mem. 1.4.2, etc.:—Med., Med.Phil. 2 (v.l.), VH 12.30: aor. 1 ἐθαυμασάμην v.l. in 92; οὐκ ἂν θαυμας ώμεθα (leg. -σαίμεθα) in Prm.p.750S.; θαυμάσαιτο v.l. in BJ 3.5.1:—Pass., fut. -ασθήσομαι 6.105, 2.41: aor. ἐθαυμάσθην 6.12: pf. τεθαύμασμαι 4.82.1. 1. abs., wonder, marvel, Il. 24.394, Hp.Ma. 282e, etc. 2. c. acc., marvel at, Il. 24.631, etc.; πτόλεμόν τε μάχην τε 13.11; τύχη θαυμάσαι μὲν ἀξία OT 777, cf. OC 1152, El. 393:—Pass., ὡς τέρας θ. 4.28; μὴ παρὼν -άζεται I wonder why he is not present, OT 289. b. honour, admire, worship, once in (but cf. θαυμαίνω) , οὔτε τι θαυμάζειν . . οὔτʼ ἀγάασθαι Od. 16.203; freq. later, as 3.80, Th. 772 (lyr.), Aj. 1093, etc.; θ. τύμβον πατρός El. 519; μηδὲ τὸν πλοῦτον μηδὲ τὴν δόξαν τὴν τούτων θαυμάζετε, ἀλλʼ ὑμᾶς αὐτούς 21.210; μηδὲν θ., Lat. nil admirari, 2.44b; technically, of the attendance of small birds on the owl, HA 609a15; θ. πρόσωπον to show respect to a person, i.e. comply with their request, Ge. 19.21; θ. τινά τινος for a thing, 6.36; θ. τινὰ ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ Tht. 161c, Mem. 1.4.2; ἀπὸ τοῦ σώματος τὸν νεανίσκον Rom. 7:— Pass., to be admired, 7.204; ὑπό τινος 3.82; ἔν τινι 2.39; τῶν προγεγενημένων μᾶλλον -θησόμεθα 6.105; τοὺς ὁμοίως τεθαυμασμένους [ποιητάς] Po. 5.31; διά τι 4.59: c. gen., τῆς ῥώμης VA 7.42; χάρις δʼ ἀφʼ ἡμῶν ὀλομένων -άζεται Th. 703; τὰ εἰκότα θ. to receive proper marks of respect, 1.38; θ. τινί 7.63. c. say with astonishment, ἵνα μηδεὶς . . εἶτα τότʼ οὐκ ἔλεγες ταῦτα . . ; θαυμάζῃ 19.25. 3. c. gen., wonder at, marvel at, τούτου (cj. for τοῦτο) 7.23: c. part., ὃ δʼ ἐθαύμασά σου λέγοντος Prt. 329c, cf. Cri. 50c; θ. τῶν προθέντων αὖθις λέγειν 3.38; θ. τί τινος to wonder at a thing in a person, Hipp. 1041; ὃ θ. τοῦ ἑταίρου Tht. 161b, cf. R. 376a: c. dupl. gen., θ. τούτου τῆς διανοίας 3.44:—these phrases are used in Att. as a civil mode of expressing dissent. 4. rarely c. dat. rei, to wonder at, 4.85. 5. folld. by Preps., τὰ -όμενα περί τινος Ti. 80c; θ. περί τινος τί τῇ τέχνῃ συμβάλλεται 1.37; ἐπί σου θαυμάζω, πῶς δύνῃ . . 23.5.12; θαυμάσονται ἐπʼ αὐτῇ Le. 26.32. 6. freq. folld. by an interrog. sentence, θαυμάζομεν οἷον ἐτύχθη Il. 2.320; θ. ὅστις ἔσται ὁ ἀντερῶν 3.38; θαυμάζοντες τί ἔσοιτο ἡ πολιτεία HG 2.3.17; θ. ὡς οὔπω πάρεισιν 1.90, cf. Cyr. 1.4.20, etc.; θ. ὅτι I wonder at the fact that . . , 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 . . , 1.155, OC 1140, Phd. 97a; ἐὰν . . λέγω, μηδὲν θαυμάσῃς Smp. 215a; ὃ καὶ θαυμάζω, εἰ . . 19.86; θαύμαζον ἀκούων, εἰ σὺ μὴ εἴης . . , Lat. mirum ni . . , 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 Ag. 1399, etc.: sts. without a connective, ἀλλὰ τὸ θαυμάζω· ἴδον . . Od. 4.655; σοῦ . . θαυμάσας ἔχω τόδε· χρῆν γὰρ . . Ph. 1362: sts. c. inf., θαυμάζομεν Ἕκτορα δῖον, αἰχμητὴν ἔμεναι Il. 5.601. c. c. gen., θ. τινός, ἥντινα γνώμην ἔχων κτλ. 1.5; θ. τῶν . . ἐχόντων ὅπως οὐ λέγουσιν 3.3; θ. αὐτοῦ τί τολμήσει λέγειν 24.66; θαυμάζω τινὸς ὅτι . . 4.1; θ. τῶν δυναστευόντων εἰ ἡγοῦνται I wonder at men in power supposing, ib.170; ὑμῶν θ. εἰ μὴ βοηθήσετε HG 2.3.53; also θ. αὐτοῦ . . τοῦτο, ὡς . . Phd. 89a. 7. c. acc. et inf., πενθεῖν οὔ σε θ. Med. 268, cf. Alc. 1130: after a gen., θαυμάζω δέ σου . . κυρεῖν λέγουσαν Ag. 1199.
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