Strong G2295θαῦμα

θαῦμα, ατος, τό,
Ionic dialect θῶμα (compare θαυμάζω): (see. θεάομαι):
I of objects, wonder, marvel, in Epic dialect always in singular, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.99, etc.)]; θαῦμ᾽ ἐτέτυκτο πελώριον, of Polyphemus, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.190; θαῦμα βροτοῖσι, of a beautiful woman, 11.287)]; ἄσπετόν τι θ., of Hercules, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 961 (Lyric poetry), etc.: frequently with)]infinitive, θ. ἰδέσθαι a wonder to behold, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.725, etc.; θ. ἰδεῖν “hymnus ad Venerem” 205, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 318; θ. ἰδεῖν εὐκοσμίας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 693; θ. ἀκοῦσαι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.26; θ. ἀνέλπιστον μαθεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 673, etc.)]; θαῦμ᾽ ὅτι.. strange that.., [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.2)]; οὐ θαῦμά [ἐστι] no wonder, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.50)]; so καὶ θ. γ᾽ οὐδέν and no wonder, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 99; τὸ μὴ πείθεσθαι θ. οὐδέν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 498d, etc.)]; τί τοῦτο θ.; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 439; ἦ μάλα θ. κύων ὅδε κεῖται 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.306; θῶμα ποιεῖσθαί τι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.68; τί τινος [prev. author] 9.58)]; τινος [Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 7.99; περί τινος [prev. author] 3.23: after 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus in _plural_, θαύματ᾽ ἐμοὶ κλύειν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1166 (variant θραύματ᾽) θαύματ᾽ ἀνθρώποις ὁρᾶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1142)]; θαυμάτων κρείσσονα or πέρα things more than wondrous, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ba.” 667, “Hec.” 714.)]
I.2 in plural, also, puppetshow, toy theatre, θ. δεικνύναι, ἐπιδεικνύναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 514b, “Lg.” 658c)]; ἐν θ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 6.4, compare 27.7, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.28)]; mountebank-gambols, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.1, compare 7.3 (_sing._))]; ἐν τοῖς θ. ὑπεκρίνετο μίμους in the jugglers' booths, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 10.452f)]; of menageries, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.213)]; of mechanical devices, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mechanica” 848a11: _metaphorically_, ἔνιοι θ. ποιοῦσιν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.99S.)]: singular, puppet, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 644d)]; trick, τὸ τῆς σοφιστικῆς δυνάμεως θ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Sph.” 233a.)]
II wonder, astonishment, θ. μ᾽ ἔχει ὡς.. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.326, etc.)]; ἔσχον θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 897; θ. δ᾽ ὄμμασιν πάρα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 407; θ. μ᾽ ὑπέρχεται 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 928)]; μ᾽ ἐλάμβανε θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 511)]; θαύματος ἄξιος worthy of wonder, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 906, etc.)]; ἐν θώματι εἶναι to be astonished, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.68, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.14)]; ἐν θώματι ἔχεσθαι, ἐνέχεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.135, 7.128)]; ἐν θ. ἐνέχεσθαί τινος at a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 9.37; ἐν θαύματι ποιεῖσθαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 14; διὰ θαύματος σχεῖν 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 2.2.7: _plural_, θαυμάτων ἐπάξια 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 716, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 967a.)]