mīrācŭlum — Lewis & Short
mīrācŭlum, i, n.id.,
I 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.:
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.—
II 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 = qaumastw=s, wonderfully:
pictus,Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 83.