miror

Latin

Alternative forms

• mīrō

Etymology

From mīrus (“remarkable, astonishing”), from Proto-Italic *smeiros, from Proto-Indo-European *sméyros (“laughing, smiling”), from *(s)mey- (“to laugh, to be glad”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmiː.ror/, [ˈmiːrɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ror/, [ˈmiːror]

Verb

mīror (present infinitive mīrārī or mīrārier, perfect active mīrātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. (transitive) to be astonished at, marvel at, admire, be amazed at, wonder at

   Synonyms: astupeō, admīror, obstupēscō, stupeō, stupēscō, attonō, dēfīgō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.421–422:

     Mīrātur mōlem Aenēās, māgālia quondam;
     mīrātur portās, strepitumque, et strāta viārum.

     [Upon his first sight of Carthage,] Aeneas marvels [at such] massive construction, [where] once [was only] huts; he admires its gateways, and such noisy activity, and the pavement of its streets.
     (Exemplifies anaphora.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of mīror (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	mīror	mīrāris, mīrāre	mīrātur	mīrāmur	mīrāminī	mīrantur
	imperfect	mīrābar	mīrābāris, mīrābāre	mīrābātur	mīrābāmur	mīrābāminī	mīrābantur
	future	mīrābor	mīrāberis, mīrābere	mīrābitur	mīrābimur	mīrābiminī	mīrābuntur
	perfect	mīrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	mīrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	mīrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	mīrer	mīrēris, mīrēre	mīrētur	mīrēmur	mīrēminī	mīrentur
	imperfect	mīrārer	mīrārēris, mīrārēre	mīrārētur	mīrārēmur	mīrārēminī	mīrārentur
	perfect	mīrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	mīrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	mīrāre	—	—	mīrāminī	—
	future	—	mīrātor	mīrātor	—	—	mīrantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		mīrārī, mīrārier1	mīrātum esse	mīrātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		mīrāns	mīrātus	mīrātūrus	—	—	mīrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		mīrandī	mīrandō	mīrandum	mīrandō	mīrātum	mīrātū

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Derived terms

• admīror
• mīrābilis
• mīrābundus
• mīrāculum
• mīrātiō
• mīrātor
• mīrātrīx

 

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: njir, njirari
  • Romanian: mira, mirare
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: mirà
  • Italian: mirare
• North Italian:
  • Ladin: mirer
  • Piedmontese: miré
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: mirar
  • French: mirer (dated)
  • Occitan: mirar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: mirar
  • Old Leonese: mirar
    • Asturian: mirar
    • Extremaduran: miral
    • Leonese: mirare, merare
    • Mirandese: mirar
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: mirar
    • Galician: mirar
    • Portuguese: mirar
  • Old Spanish: mirar
    • Spanish: mirar
    • Ladino: mirar
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: mirai (Campidanese), mirare (Logudorese)
• Vulgar Latin: *mīrāculum (“mirror”) (see there for further descendants)
• Borrowings:
  • → English: mirate

References

• “miror”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “miror”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• miror in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mīrus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 382