mirorとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From mīrus (“remarkable, astonishing”), from Proto-Italic *smeiros, from Proto-Indo-European *sméyros (“laughing, smiling”), from *(s)mey- (“to laugh, to be glad”).

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈmiː.rɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈmiː.ror]

動詞

mīror (present infinitive mīrārī or mīrārier, perfect active mīrātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. (transitive) to be astonished at, marvel at, admire, be amazed at, wonder at

   Synonyms: astupeō, admīror, obstupēscō, stupeō, stupēscō, attonō, dēfīgō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.421–422:

     Mīrātur mōlem Aenēās, māgālia quondam;
     mīrātur portās, strepitumque, et strāta viārum.

     [Upon his first sight of Carthage,] Aeneas marvels [at such] massive construction, [where] once [was only] huts; he admires its gateways, and such noisy activity, and the pavement of its streets.
     (Exemplifies anaphora.)

Conjugation

The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

派生語

派生した語

参照

• “miror”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “miror”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “miror”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.