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θαῦμα

thauma · τό

wonder, marvel

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Where it lives

  • Shield of Heracles 4 · 12.36/10k
  • Ichneutae 2 · 11.63/10k
  • Bacchae 6 · 7.98/10k
  • Theogony 5 · 7.26/10k
  • Epinomis 4 · 6.34/10k
  • Hecuba 3 · 4.19/10k
  • Trachiniae 3 · 4.13/10k
  • Iphigenia in Aulis 3 · 3.36/10k
  • Symposium 3 · 3.15/10k
  • Agesilaus 2 · 2.72/10k
  • Iphigenia in Tauris 2 · 2.41/10k
  • Electra 2 · 2.3/10k

Densest 12 of 38 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

I wonder, marvel, a wonder, strange, wonder, wonder, wondrous

of objects, wonder, marvel, in Ep. always in sg., Il. 13.99, etc.; θαῦμʼ ἐτέτυκτο πελώριον, of Polyphemus, Od. 9.190; θαῦμα βροτοῖσι, of a beautiful woman, 11.287; ἄσπετόν τι θ., of Hercules, S. Tr. 961 (lyr.), etc.: freq. c. inf., θ. ἰδέσθαι a wonder to behold, Il. 5.725, etc.; θ. ἰδεῖν h.Ven. 205, Hes. Sc. 318; θ. ἰδεῖν εὐκοσμίας E. Ba. 693; θ. ἀκοῦσαι Pi. P. 1.26; θ. ἀνέλπιστον μαθεῖν S. Tr. 673, etc.; θαῦμʼ ὅτι . . strange that . . , Theoc. 15.2; οὐ θαῦμά [ἐστι] no wonder, Pi. N. 10.50; so κ

2 puppet-show, toy theatre, mountebank-gambols, jugglers’ booths, puppet, trick

in pl., also, puppet-show, toy theatre, θ. δεικνύναι, ἐπιδεικνύναι, Pl. R. 514b, Lg. 658c; ἐν θ. Thphr. Char. 6.4, cf. 27.7, Ph. 1.28; mountebank-gambols, X. Smp. 2.1, cf. 7.3 (sg.); ἐν τοῖς θ. ὑπεκρίνετο μίμους in the jugglers’ booths, Ath. 10.452f; of menageries, Isoc. 15.213; of mechanical devices, Arist. Mech. 848a11: metaph., ἔνιοι θ. ποιοῦσιν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ Phld. Rh. 1.99S.: sg., puppet, Pl. Lg. 644d; trick, τὸ τῆς σοφιστικῆς δυνάμεως θ. Id. Sph. 233a.

II wonder, astonishment, wonder, astonished, at

wonder, astonishment, θ. μʼ ἔχει ὡς . . Od. 10.326, etc.; ἔσχον θ. S. El. 897; θ. δʼ ὄμμασιν πάρα A. Eu. 407; θ. μʼ ὑπέρχεται S. El. 928; μʼ ἐλάμβανε θ. Ar. Av. 511; θαύματος ἄξιος worthy of wonder, E. Hipp. 906, etc.; ἐν θώματι εἶναι to be astonished, Hdt. 1.68, cf. Th. 8.14; ἐν θώματι ἔχεσθαι, ἐνέχεσθαι, Hdt. 8.135, 7.128; ἐν θ. ἐνέχεσθαί τινος at a thing, Id. 9.37; ἐν θαύματι ποιεῖσθαι Plu. Pomp. 14; διὰ θαύματος σχεῖν Hdn. 2.2.7: pl., θαυμάτων ἐπάξια E. Ba. 716, cf. Pl. Lg. 967a.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. θαῦμα (scan p. 582; entry #2528).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. θαῦμα (scan pp. 438-439; entry #3088).

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