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θαυμασμός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: θαυμασμός θαυμασμοῦ

Structure: θαυμασμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: qauma/zw

Sense

  1. a wondering

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative θαυμασμός θαυμασμώ θαυμασμοί
Genitive θαυμασμοῦ θαυμασμοῖν θαυμασμῶν
Dative θαυμασμῷ θαυμασμοῖν θαυμασμοῖς
Accusative θαυμασμόν θαυμασμώ θαυμασμούς
Vocative θαυμασμέ θαυμασμώ θαυμασμοί

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ συμπερανθείσησ, ὡσ προείρηται, τῆσ θυσίασ ὑποστρέψασ οἴκαδε καὶ κατακλιθείσ, πρὶν αἰσθέσθαι καὶ νοῆσαι τὴν μεταβολήν, ἐν ἐκστάσει καὶ παραφορᾷ τῆσ διανοίασ γενόμενοσ τριταῖοσ ἐτελεύτησεν, οὐδενὸσ ἐνδεὴσ οὐδ’ ἀτελὴσ τῶν πρὸσ εὐδαιμονίαν νενομισμένων γενόμενοσ, καὶ γὰρ ἡ περὶ τὴν ἐκφορὰν πομπὴ θαυμασμὸν ἔσχε, καὶ ζῆλον ἐπικοσμοῦντα τὴν ἀρετὴν τοῦ ἀνδρὸσ τοῖσ ἀρίστοισ καὶ μακαριωτάτοισ ἐνταφίοισ. (Plutarch, Aemilius Paulus, chapter 39 3:1)
  • τὴν δειλίαν, τὴν ἀγέννειαν, τὸν θαυμασμὸν τῶν πλουσίων, τὴν ἀτελῆ ὄρεξιν, τὴν ἀποτευκτικὴν ἔκκλισιν· (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 14:3)

Synonyms

  1. a wondering

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