[ˈmiː.rʊs], [ˈmiː.rus]
OrigoFrom 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.
- adjective, declension-1, declension-2wonderful, marvelous, amazing, surprising, miraculous
“credite dicenti: mira, sed acta, loquor” — Believe what I'm saying: I tell of marvelous, yet (really) happened, things.
Formaemīrus(canonical) · mīra(feminine) · mīrum(neuter) · mīrior(comparative) · mīrissimus(superlative) · mīrus(masculine, nominative, singular) · mīra(feminine, nominative, singular) · mīrum(neuter, nominative, singular) · mīrī(masculine, nominative, plural) · mīrae(feminine, nominative, plural) · mīra(neuter, nominative, plural) · mīrī(genitive, masculine, singular) · mīrae(feminine, genitive, singular) · mīrī(genitive, neuter, singular) · mīrōrum(genitive, masculine, plural) · mīrārum(feminine, genitive, plural) · mīrōrum(genitive, neuter, plural) · mīrō(dative, masculine, singular) · mīrae(dative, feminine, singular) · mīrō(dative, neuter, singular)