θαυμάσι-ος [ᾰ], α, ον,
Ionic dialect θωμ-, rarely ος, ον [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—
wonderful, marvellous, ὄσσα [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; θωμάσια
wonders, marvels, [
Refs]:
superlative -ώτατα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἧττον θαυμαστά, καίπερ ὄντα θαυμάσια less
admired, though
admirable, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]: with
infinitive, τέρας θ. προσιδέσθαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ θ. [ἐστι] with
infinitive, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; θ. τοῦ κάλλους
marvellous for beauty, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
exceedingly, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ -ώτατον what is
most wonderful, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
2)
adverb -ίως
wonderfully, i.e.
exceedingly, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
marvellously wretched, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; θ. ἂν ὡς ηὐλαβούμην I should be
wonderfully cautious, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
3)
disposed to wonder, in
adverb, ὧν οὐ -ίως γ᾽ ἔχουσι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
admirable, excellent, with slight irony, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὦ -ώτατε ἄνθρωπε, in scorn, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III) θ. καὶ ἄλογον
strange and absurd, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; θαυμάσια. ἐργαζομένους behaving
in an extraordinary manner, [
Refs]