mīrus
From Proto-Italic *smeiros, from Proto-Indo-European *sméyros (“laughing, smiling”), from *smey- (“to laugh, to be glad”). Cognate with Sanskrit स्मेर(sméra), Swedish smila (“to smile”), Middle High German smielen (“to smile”), Old High German smierōn (“to smile”), Old English smerian (“to laugh at”), Old English smercian, smearcian (“to smile”), English smile.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmiː.rus/, [ˈmiːrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.rus/, [ˈmiːrus]
Adjective
mīrus (feminine mīra, neuter mīrum, comparative mīrior, superlative mīrissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- wonderful, marvelous, amazing, surprising, miraculous [ quotations ▼]
Usage notes
The comparative mīrior and superlative mīrissimus were not used in Classical Latin. Instead, the periphrastic expressions magis mīrus and maximēmīrus were used.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | mīrus | mīra | mīrum | mīrī | mīrae | mīra | |
| Genitive | mīrī | mīrae | mīrī | mīrōrum | mīrārum | mīrōrum | |
| Dative | mīrō | mīrō | mīrīs | ||||
| Accusative | mīrum | mīram | mīrum | mīrōs | mīrās | mīra | |
| Ablative | mīrō | mīrā | mīrō | mīrīs | |||
| Vocative | mīre | mīra | mīrum | mīrī | mīrae | mīra | |