verb deponent transitive

dē-mīror

2nd PP dē-mīrārī · 3rd PP dē-mīrātus · conj. 1st

to wonder at; to wonder

v. dep. a., to wonder at a person or thing, to wonder (for the most part only in the 1st pers. pres., and peculiar to the lang. of conversation).

Prop. (with acc. of neut. pron., or acc. and inf.): haec ego vos concupiisse… ••

Prop. (with acc. of neut. pron., or acc. and inf.): haec ego vos concupiisse pro vestra stultitia non miror: sperasse me consule assequi posse demiror, Cic. Agr. 2, 36, 100; id. Att. 15, 1; id. Fam. 7, 27; with person or thing as object (ante- and post-class.): eum demiror non venire ut jusseram, Plaut. Merc. 4, 2, 7: responsum ejus demiratus, Gell. 2, 18, 10: so, audaciam eorum, id. 3, 7, 12: has ejus intemperies, id. 1, 17, 2: Ὀπτικὴ facit multa demiranda id genus, id. 16, 8, 3.—

I wonder; I am at a loss to imagine; relat. clause by extension ••

Transf., demiror, like our I wonder, for I am at a loss to imagine (with a relat. clause): demiror qui sciat, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 133; cf. Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 121: demiror quid sit, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 68; cf. id. Stich. 1, 3, 109; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 14; and: quid mihi dicent? demiror, id. Phorm. 2, 1, 5: demiror, ubi nunc ambulet Messenio, Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 6.

Perseus ID: n13022 Key: demiror