to be astonished

ad-mīror, ātus, 1, v. dep., to wonder at, to be astonished at, to regard with admiration, to admire, to be in a state of mind in which something pleases us by its extraordinary greatness, its sublimity, or perfection; while mirari signifies to be surprised at, to have the feeling of the new, singular, unusual.

In gen.:

quorum ego copiam non modo non contemno, sed etiam vehementer admiror,

Cic. de Or. 1, 51:

ingenium tuum, Crasse, vehementer admirans,

id. ib. 1, 20 fin.:

res gestas,

id. Brut. 94, 323:

quem et admiror et diligo,

id. Ac. 2, 36; so id. Scaur. 1, 4:

magnitudinem animi,

id. Fam. 1, 7; Nep. Dion. 2; id. Alcib. 11:

illum,

Verg. G. 4, 215 (cf. mirari in Hor. C. 4, 14, 43, and the Gr. thaumazein, Eurip. Med. 1144).—

Esp.

To gaze at passionately, to strive after a thing from admiration of it, to desire to obtain it:

nihil hominem nisi quod honestum decorumque sit, aut admirari aut optare aut expetere oportere,

Cic. Off. 1, 20: nil admirari prope res est una, Numici, Solaque quae possit facere et servare beatum, not to be brought by any thing into an impassioned state of mind, or into a state of desire or longing (as in the Gr. mê thaumazein;

acc. to Pythagoras the limit of all philos. effort),

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 1.—

More freq., to fall into a state of wonder or astonishment at a thing, to wonder at, be astonished at. —Constr. with acc., acc. with inf., de, super aliquam rem, with a relat. clause, quod, cur, etc.:

quid admirati estis?

why are you so surprised? Plaut. Am. prol. 99:

admiratus sum brevitatem epistulae,

Cic. Att. 6, 9:

hoc maxime admiratus sum, mentionem te hereditatum ausum esse facere,

id. Phil. 2, 16 fin.; so Nep. Alcib. 1; id. Epam. 6, 3:

de diplomate admiraris, quasi, etc.,

Cic. Att. 10, 17:

de Dionysio sum admiratus, qui, etc.,

id. ib. 9, 12; so id. Mur. 19:

super quae admiratus pater,

Vulg. Tob. 5, 10; ib. Act. 13, 12:

cave quidquam admiratus sis, quā causā id fiat,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 22:

admirantium, unde hoc studium exstitisset,

Cic. N. D. 1, 3:

admiratur quidnam Vettius dicturus sit,

id. Verr. 3, 167:

admiror, quo pacto, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 99:

admiratus sum, quod, etc.,

Cic. Att. 6, 9:

ne quis sit admiratus, cur, etc.,

id. Off. 2, 10, 35.

► Pass.: Propter venustatem vestimentorum admirari, to be admired, Canutius ap. Prisc. 792 P.— Part. fut. pass.: admīrandus, a, um, to be admired; admirable, wonderful:

suspicienda et admiranda,

Cic. Div. 2, 72, 148:

quo magis pravitas eorum admiranda est,

Sall. J. 2, 4. —Hence also adj., = admirabilis:

patiens admirandum in modum,

Nep. Ep. 3: exposuit quae in Italia viderentur admiranda, id. Cat. fin.:

admiranda spectacula,

Verg. G. 4, 3:

vir subtilis et in plurimis admirandus,

Quint. 3, 11, 22.— Comp. and adv. not used.— Sup. is found in Salv. Ep. 8: admirandissimi juvenes; cf. Barth, Adv. 35, 9.

ob-stĭpesco and ob-stŭpesco, pŭi, 3, v. inch. n. and a., to become senseless, lose feeling; to be stupefied, benumbed (syn.: obtorpesco; class.).

Lit.:

apes obstupescunt potantes,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16:

corpus,

Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 56.—

Trop., to be astonished, astounded, amazed, to be struck with amazement:

quid hic, malum, adstans obstipuisti,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 51:

ob haec beneficia, quibus illi obstupescunt,

Cic. Att. 5, 21, 7:

ejus aspectu cum obstupuisset bubulcus,

id. Div. 2, 23, 50:

visu Aeneas,

Verg. A. 5, 90:

obstupuerunt stupore magno,

Vulg. Marc. 5, 42 et saep.—

With acc., to wonder or be astonished at any thing (post-class.), Cassiod. Var. 2, 39.

stŭpeo, ui, ēre, v. n. and a. [Sanscr. stūpas, cumulus; Gr. stupos; Lat. stipes, a block, stump; cf. steibô].

Neutr., to be struck senseless, to be stunned, benumbed; to be struck aghast, to be astonished, astounded, amazed, confounded, stupefied, etc. (freq. and class.;

syn. torpeo): animus lassus curā confectus stupet,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 4:

cum hic etiam tum semisomnus, stupri plenus stuperet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 95:

torpescunt scorpiones aconiti tactu stupentque pallentes,

Plin. 27, 2, 2, § 6:

haec cum loqueris, nos barones stupemus,

Cic. Fin. 2, 23, 77; cf.:

quae cum intuerer stupens,

id. Rep. 6, 18, 18:

dum stupet obtutuque haeret defixus in uno,

Verg. A. 1, 495:

admiror, stupeo,

Mart. 5, 63, 3:

adhuc in oppidis coartatus et stupens,

Cic. Att. 7, 10:

vigiles attoniti et stupentibus similes,

Curt. 8, 2, 3.—With gen.:

tribuni capti et stupentes animi,

Liv. 6, 38.—

With abl. or in with abl.: stupere gaudio Graecus, Cael. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 58:

exspectatione stupere,

Liv. 8, 13, 17:

novitate,

Quint. 12, 6, 5:

carminibus stupens,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 33:

stupet Albius aere,

id. S. 1, 4, 28:

laetitiā,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 621:

rex subito malo,

Flor. 2, 12:

qui stupet in titulis et imaginibus,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 17:

stupet in Turno,

Verg. A. 10, 446. —

With ad:

mater ad auditas stupuit voces,

Ov. M. 5, 509:

et stupet ad raptus Tyndaris ipsa tuos,

Mart. 12, 52, 6:

ad supervacua,

Sen. Ep. 87, 5:

ad tam saevam dominationem,

Just. 26, 1, 8.—

Transf., of inanimate or abstract things, to be benumbed or stiffened, to be brought to a stand-still, to stop (mostly poet.;

not in Cic.): multum refert, a fonte bibatur Qui fluit, an pigro quae stupet unda lacu,

Mart. 9, 100, 10:

flumina brumā,

Val. Fl. 5, 603:

undae,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 763; cf.:

ad frigus stupet (vinum), opp. gelascit,

Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 132:

stupuitque Ixionis orbis,

Ov. M. 10, 42:

ignavo stupuerunt verba palato,

id. Am. 2, 6, 47:

stupente ita seditione,

Liv. 28, 25.—

Act., to be astonished or amazed at, to wonder at any thing ( poet.; cf.

admiror): pars stupet innuptae donum exitiale Minervae,

Verg. A. 2, 31:

omnia dum stupet,

Val. Fl. 5, 96:

regis delicias,

Mart. 12, 15, 4:

dum omnia stupeo,

Petr. 29 al. — Hence, part. fut. pass.: stŭpendus, a, um, wonderful, astonishing, amazing, stupendous:

virtutibus stupendus,

Val. Max. 5, 7, 1:

virtutum stupenda penetralia,

Nazar. Pan. Const. 6, § 1.

stŭpeo, ui, ēre, v. n. and a. [Sanscr. stūpas, cumulus; Gr. stupos; Lat. stipes, a block, stump; cf. steibô].

Neutr., to be struck senseless, to be stunned, benumbed; to be struck aghast, to be astonished, astounded, amazed, confounded, stupefied, etc. (freq. and class.;

syn. torpeo): animus lassus curā confectus stupet,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 4:

cum hic etiam tum semisomnus, stupri plenus stuperet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 95:

torpescunt scorpiones aconiti tactu stupentque pallentes,

Plin. 27, 2, 2, § 6:

haec cum loqueris, nos barones stupemus,

Cic. Fin. 2, 23, 77; cf.:

quae cum intuerer stupens,

id. Rep. 6, 18, 18:

dum stupet obtutuque haeret defixus in uno,

Verg. A. 1, 495:

admiror, stupeo,

Mart. 5, 63, 3:

adhuc in oppidis coartatus et stupens,

Cic. Att. 7, 10:

vigiles attoniti et stupentibus similes,

Curt. 8, 2, 3.—With gen.:

tribuni capti et stupentes animi,

Liv. 6, 38.—

With abl. or in with abl.: stupere gaudio Graecus, Cael. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 58:

exspectatione stupere,

Liv. 8, 13, 17:

novitate,

Quint. 12, 6, 5:

carminibus stupens,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 33:

stupet Albius aere,

id. S. 1, 4, 28:

laetitiā,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 621:

rex subito malo,

Flor. 2, 12:

qui stupet in titulis et imaginibus,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 17:

stupet in Turno,

Verg. A. 10, 446. —

With ad:

mater ad auditas stupuit voces,

Ov. M. 5, 509:

et stupet ad raptus Tyndaris ipsa tuos,

Mart. 12, 52, 6:

ad supervacua,

Sen. Ep. 87, 5:

ad tam saevam dominationem,

Just. 26, 1, 8.—

Transf., of inanimate or abstract things, to be benumbed or stiffened, to be brought to a stand-still, to stop (mostly poet.;

not in Cic.): multum refert, a fonte bibatur Qui fluit, an pigro quae stupet unda lacu,

Mart. 9, 100, 10:

flumina brumā,

Val. Fl. 5, 603:

undae,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 763; cf.:

ad frigus stupet (vinum), opp. gelascit,

Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 132:

stupuitque Ixionis orbis,

Ov. M. 10, 42:

ignavo stupuerunt verba palato,

id. Am. 2, 6, 47:

stupente ita seditione,

Liv. 28, 25.—

Act., to be astonished or amazed at, to wonder at any thing ( poet.; cf.

admiror): pars stupet innuptae donum exitiale Minervae,

Verg. A. 2, 31:

omnia dum stupet,

Val. Fl. 5, 96:

regis delicias,

Mart. 12, 15, 4:

dum omnia stupeo,

Petr. 29 al. — Hence, part. fut. pass.: stŭpendus, a, um, wonderful, astonishing, amazing, stupendous:

virtutibus stupendus,

Val. Max. 5, 7, 1:

virtutum stupenda penetralia,

Nazar. Pan. Const. 6, § 1.

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at-tŏno (better than adt-), ŭi, ĭtum, 1, v. a., to thunder at; hence, to stun, stupefy (a poet. word of the Aug. per.; most frequent as P. a.; syn.: percello, perturbo, terreo): altitudo attonat, Maecen. ap. Sen. Ep. 19:

quis furor vestras attonuit mentes!

Ov. M. 3, 532; id. H. 4, 50.—Hence, attŏnĭtus ( adt-), a, um, P. a., thundered at; hence trop. as in Gr. embrontêtheis, embrontêtos.

Thunderstruck, stunned, terrified, stupefied, astonished, amazed, confounded:

attonitus est stupefactus. Nam proprie attonitus dicitur, cui casus vicini fulminis et sonitus tonitruum dant stuporem,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 172:

quo fragore edito concidunt homines, exanimantur, quidam vero vivi stupent, et in totum sibi excidunt, quos vocamus attonitos, quorum mentes sonus ille caelestis loco pepulit,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 27:

aures,

Curt. 8, 4, 2; Petr. 101:

talibus attonitus visis ac voce deorum,

Verg. A. 3, 172:

attonitus tanto miserarum turbine rerum,

Ov. M. 7, 614; 4, 802; 8, 777; 9, 409 and 574; 11, 127; 8, 681 al.: alii novitate ac miraculo attoniti, Liv 1, 47; 2, 12; 5, 46; 3, 68 fin.; 7, 36; 30, 30; 39, 15;

44, 10: subitae rei miraculo attoniti,

Tac. H. 4, 49; so id. ib. 2, 42; 3, 13. —With de:

mentis de lodice parandā Attonitae,

crazed, bewildered about getting a bed-blanket, Juv. 7, 67.—Also without an abl.:

Attonitae manibusque uterum celare volenti, Ov M. 2, 463: mater... Attonitae diu similis fuit,

id. ib. 5, 510; 6, 600;

12, 498: ut integris corporibus attoniti conciderent,

Liv. 10, 29:

attoniti vultus,

Tac. H. 1, 40:

circumspectare inter se attoniti,

id. ib. 2, 29:

attonitis etiam victoribus,

id. ib. 4, 72:

attonitā magis quam quietā contione,

id. A. 1, 39:

attonitis jam omnibus,

Suet. Caes. 28; id. Claud. 38; id. Dom. 17:

attonitos habes oculos,

Vulg. Job, 15, 12; ib. Prov 16, 30.— Poet., with gen.:

attonitus serpentis equus,

Sil. 6, 231.—Also poet. transf. to inanimate things:

neque enim ante dehiscent Attonitae magna ora domūs,

Verg. A. 6, 53 (but acc. to Serv. in an act. sense, syn. with attonitos facientes, stupendae, stunning, terrifying, as pallida senectus, etc.):

mensa,

Val. Fl. 1, 45:

arces,

Sil. 4, 7 Drak.:

quorundam persuasiones,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 28. —

Seized with inspiration, smitten with prophetic fury, inspired, frantic:

attonitae Baccho matres,

Verg. A. 7, 580:

Bacchus attonitae tribuit vexilla catervae,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 116: Vates, * Hor. C. 3, 19, 14.—

* Adv.: attŏnĭtē, frantically, etc.:

Britannia hodieque eum attonite celebrat etc.,

Plin. 30, 1, 4, § 13 (Jan, attonita).