English → Latin
“wonderful” in Latin
mīruswonderful, marvelous, amazing, surprising, miraculousmīrorto be astonished at, marvel at, admire, be amazed at, wonder atadmīrorTo admire or respect; To regard with wonder; To be surprised at; to be astonishedmīrābiliswonderful, marvellous, astonishing, extraordinary, remarkable, amazing; glorious; miracleadmīrābilisadmirable, wonderful, worthy of admiration; surprising, astonishing, amazing, rare, strange, producing wondermīrificuswonderful, amazing, miraculousmīrāculumwonder, marvel, miracle; a wonderful, strange or marvellous thing.; wonderfulness, marvellousness.mōnstrōto show, point out, indicate, demonstrate; to appoint, ordain; to denounce, indictcūrōto arrange, see to, attend to, take care of, look after, ensure, tend to; to heal, cure; to govern, command, preside ove
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
wonderful
mirus: mirandus: admirandus: mirabilis: admirabilis: mirificus. Very wonderful, permirus: wonderful things, res mirae; mirabilia; miracula; monstra. To perform wonderful cures, mirabiliter mederi aegrotis (Plin) :
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- What is the Latin word for wonderful?
- The usual Latin words for “wonderful” are mīrus, mīror, admīror; also mīrābilis, admīrābilis, mīrificus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.