θαῦμα

See also: θαύμα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

θώϋμᾰ (thṓüma), θῶμᾰ (thôma) — Ionic

Etymology

Traditionally derived from a Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₂w- (whence θεάομαι (theáomai), θῆβος (thêbos), θήγεια (thḗgeia)), an extension of *dʰeh₂-, with no clear cognates outside Hellenic; other extensions include θάμβος (thámbos) (< *dʰh₂n̥bʰos), τάφος (táphos) (< *dʰh₂bʰos), θώψ (thṓps) (< *dʰoh₂ps), τέθηπα (téthēpa) (< *dʰedʰeh₂pm̥).

Beekes, on the other hand, speculates all these formations as Pre-Greek.^[1] See also θεάομαι (theáomai, “to view, contemplate”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰâu̯.ma/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰaw.ma/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθaβ.ma/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθav.ma/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθav.ma/

Noun

θαῦμᾰ • (thaûma) n (genitive θαύμᾰτος); third declension

a wonder, marvel, something strange
1. (in the plural) jugglers' tricks
the feeling of wonder, astonishment

Declension

Third declension of τὸ θαῦμᾰ; τοῦ θαύμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ θαῦμᾰ tò thaûma	τὼ θαύμᾰτε tṑ thaúmate	τᾰ̀ θαύμᾰτᾰ tà thaúmata
Genitive	τοῦ θαύμᾰτος toû thaúmatos	τοῖν θαυμᾰ́τοιν toîn thaumátoin	τῶν θαυμᾰ́των tôn thaumátōn
Dative	τῷ θαύμᾰτῐ tôi thaúmati	τοῖν θαυμᾰ́τοιν toîn thaumátoin	τοῖς θαύμᾰσῐ / θαύμᾰσῐν toîs thaúmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ θαῦμᾰ tò thaûma	τὼ θαύμᾰτε tṑ thaúmate	τᾰ̀ θαύμᾰτᾰ tà thaúmata
Vocative	θαῦμᾰ thaûma	θαύμᾰτε thaúmate	θαύμᾰτᾰ thaúmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

θαυμάζω (thaumázō)
θαυμαίνω (thaumaínō)
θαυμάσιος (thaumásios)
θαυματοποιός (thaumatopoiós)
θαυματός (thaumatós)
θαυμᾰτουργός (thaumatourgós)

Descendants

Greek: θαύμα (thávma)

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

“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.

[1] 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

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