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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₂w- (whence θεάομαι (theáomai), θῆβος (thêbos), θήγεια (thḗgeia)), extension of *dʰeh₂-, whence with other extensions are θάμβος (thámbos) (< *dʰh₂n̥bʰos), τάφος (táphos) (< *dʰh₂bʰos), θώψ (thṓps) (< *dʰoh₂ps), τέθηπα (téthēpa) (< *dʰedʰeh₂pm̥).
Beekes speculates these as Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰâu̯.ma/ → /ˈθaβ.ma/ → /ˈθav.ma/
Noun
θαῦμᾰ • (thaûma) n (genitive θαύμᾰτος); third declension
- a wonder, marvel, something strange
- (in the plural) jugglers' tricks
- the feeling of wonder, astonishment
Declension
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Descendants
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “θαῦμα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 535
Further reading
- “θαῦμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “θαῦμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “θαῦμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- θαῦμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- θαῦμα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “θαῦμα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G2295 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- amazement idem, page 26.
- astonishment idem, page 48.
- curiosity idem, page 190.
- impression idem, page 423.
- marvel idem, page 515.
- miracle idem, page 532.
- monument idem, page 539.
- revelation idem, page 709.
- sensation idem, page 752.
- stupefaction idem, page 829.
- stupor idem, page 830.
- surprise idem, page 844.
- wonder idem, page 987.