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1 mīrāculum
mīrāculum ī, n [miror], a marvellous thing, wonder, marvel, miracle: miracula philosophorum somniantium, wonderful imaginations: adiciunt miracula huic pugnae, relate wonderful things, L.: esse miraculo, excite wonder, L.: speciosa miracula promere, H.: Omnia transformat sese in miracula rerum, V.: magnitudinis, extraordinary size, L.: Sparsa in vario miracula caelo, strange forms, O.* * *wonder, marvel; miracle, amazing event -
2 miraculo
mīrācŭlum, i, n. [id.], a wonderful, strange, or marvellous thing, a wonder, marvel, miracle; wonderfulness, marvellousness (class.; syn.: prodigium, portentum): miracula, quae nunc digna admiratione dicimus, antiqui in rebus turpibus utebantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.:II.portenta et miracula philosophorum somniantium,
strange and wonderful imaginations, Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 18:adiciunt miracula huic pugnae,
relate wonderful things, Liv. 2, 7:esse miraculo,
to be wonderful, to excite wonder, id. 25, 8:arbor digna miraculo,
singular, curious, Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 9:in quae miracula, dixit, Verteris?
Ov. M. 3, 673:omnia transformat sese in miracula rerum,
Verg. G. 4, 441:miraculum magnitudinis,
extraordinary size, Liv. 25, 9, 14:Euander... venerabilis vir miraculo litterarum, rei novae inter rudes artium homines,
id. 1, 7, 8:ut mors ejus majori miraculo fuerit,
Suet. Oth. 12:miracula septem,
the seven wonders of the world, Amm. 22, 15, 28.—Esp., in eccl. Lat., a miracle:facientes pene incredibilia miracula,
Lact. 4, 21:Dei,
id. 7, 9:quibus miraculis plurimi allicientur,
id. 7, 17:accidit quasi miraculum Deo,
Vulg. 1 Reg. 14, 15: nihil posse confingi miraculorum atque vitiorum, quod non ibi (in deorum genere) reperiatur, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 27.—Hence, adv.: mīrācŭlō = thaumastôs, wonderfully:pictus,
Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 83. -
3 miraculum
mīrācŭlum, i, n. [id.], a wonderful, strange, or marvellous thing, a wonder, marvel, miracle; wonderfulness, marvellousness (class.; syn.: prodigium, portentum): miracula, quae nunc digna admiratione dicimus, antiqui in rebus turpibus utebantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.:II.portenta et miracula philosophorum somniantium,
strange and wonderful imaginations, Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 18:adiciunt miracula huic pugnae,
relate wonderful things, Liv. 2, 7:esse miraculo,
to be wonderful, to excite wonder, id. 25, 8:arbor digna miraculo,
singular, curious, Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 9:in quae miracula, dixit, Verteris?
Ov. M. 3, 673:omnia transformat sese in miracula rerum,
Verg. G. 4, 441:miraculum magnitudinis,
extraordinary size, Liv. 25, 9, 14:Euander... venerabilis vir miraculo litterarum, rei novae inter rudes artium homines,
id. 1, 7, 8:ut mors ejus majori miraculo fuerit,
Suet. Oth. 12:miracula septem,
the seven wonders of the world, Amm. 22, 15, 28.—Esp., in eccl. Lat., a miracle:facientes pene incredibilia miracula,
Lact. 4, 21:Dei,
id. 7, 9:quibus miraculis plurimi allicientur,
id. 7, 17:accidit quasi miraculum Deo,
Vulg. 1 Reg. 14, 15: nihil posse confingi miraculorum atque vitiorum, quod non ibi (in deorum genere) reperiatur, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 27.—Hence, adv.: mīrācŭlō = thaumastôs, wonderfully:pictus,
Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 83. -
4 mediocris
mediocris e, adj. [medius], of middling size, medium, middling, moderate, ordinary: castellum, S.: spatium, Cs.: lacum mediocris aquae prospexit (i. e. mediocrem), O.—Fig., moderate, mean, mediocre, inferior, inconsiderable: oratores: homines: poëta, H.: amicitia: artes: ingenium: excusare... mediocris est animi, narrow, Cs.: ut mediocris Iacturae te mergat onus, Iu.: primo mediocria gerebat, S.—With neg, not insignificant, not common, superior, extraordinary: non mediocris animus, i. e. ardent, S.: haud mediocris vir: non mediocris diligentia, Cs.* * *mediocris, mediocre ADJmedium, average, middling, ordinary, moderate, tolerable; mediocre -
5 mediocris
mĕdĭō̆cris, e (ō usually; rarely ŏ), adj. [medius], in a middle state between too much and too little, middling, moderate, tolerable, ordinary; sometimes also, not remarkable, indifferent, mediocre.I.In gen. (class.).A.Lit., of size, quantity, degree, etc., in material things:B.castellum,
Sall. J. 92, 5:spatium,
Caes. B. G. 5, 43:agmen,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 9:intervallum,
id. B. Alex. 30.—Of mind, character, ability, acts, achievements, etc.:II.C. L. Memmii fuerunt oratores mediocres,
Cic. Brut. 36, 136:L. Cotta in mediocrium oratorum numero,
id. ib. 36, 137:non mediocres viri, sed maximi et docti,
id. Rep. 3, 11, 19:homines,
id. de Or. 1, 21, 94:vir,
Just. 1, 4, 4:poëta,
Hor. A. P. 372:in mediocribus vel studiis vel officiis,
Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4:amicitia,
id. Lael. 6, 10:malum,
id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22:artes,
id. de Or. 1, 2, 6:eloquentia,
id. ib. 1, 29, 133:ingenium,
id. ib. 2, 27, 119:excusare... mediocris est animi,
narrow, small, Caes. B. C. 3, 20:ut mediocris jacturae te mergat onus,
Juv. 13, 7.—Esp.A.Per litoten, with non (haud, nec), not insignificant, not common or trivial:* B.Jugurthae non mediocrem animum pollicitando accendebant,
i. e. ardent, ambitious, Sall. J. 8, 1:non mediocris hominis haec sunt officia,
Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 9:haud mediocris hic, ut ego quidem intellego, vir fuit,
Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 55: nec mediocre [p. 1124] telum ad res gerendas, id. Lael. 17, 61:non mediocrem sibi diligentiam adhibendam intellegebat,
uncommon, extraordinary, Caes. B. G. 3, 20:praemium non mediocre,
Suet. Vesp. 18:non mediocris dissensio,
Quint. 9, 1, 10 et saep.—With syllaba, common = anceps:1.syllabarum longarum et brevium et mediocrium junctura,
Gell. 16, 18, 5.—Hence, adv.: mĕdĭō̆crĭter.Moderately, tolerably, ordinarily, not particularly, not very, not remarkably, not much (class.):(β).ordo annalium mediocriter nos retinet,
Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 5:corpus mediocriter aegrum,
id. Tusc. 3, 10, 22.—By litotes, with haud, ne, non (cf.:(γ). 2.supra, mediocris, II. A.): flagitium, et damnum haud mediocriter,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 13:non mediocriter,
in no moderate degree, Caes. B. G. 1, 39:reprehensus est non mediocriter,
i. e. greatly, exceedingly, very much, Quint. 11, 1, 17; so id. 8, 2, 2; 9; 11, 1, 57 al.—With moderation, calmly, tranquilly = modice (rare, and perh. only in Cic.):quod mihi non mediocriter ferendum videtur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 95.— Comp.:hoc vellem mediocrius,
Cic. Att. 1, 20, 5.
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