miraculum

Latin

Etymology

From mīror (“I wonder or marvel at”) +‎ -culum (derivative suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /miːˈraː.ku.lum/, [miːˈraː.kʊ.ɫũ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /miˈra.ku.lum/, [miˈraː.ku.lum]
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Noun

mīrāculum n (genitive mīrāculī); second declension

wonder, marvel, miracle; a wonderful, strange or marvellous thing.
wonderfulness, marvellousness.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mīrāculum	mīrācula
Genitive	mīrāculī	mīrāculōrum
Dative	mīrāculō	mīrāculīs
Accusative	mīrāculum	mīrācula
Ablative	mīrāculō	mīrāculīs
Vocative	mīrāculum	mīrācula

Derived terms

mīrāculō

Related terms

mīrābiliārius
mīrābilis
mīrābilitās
mīrābiliter
mīrābundus
mīrācula
mīrandus
mīrātiō
mīrātor
mīrātrīx
mīrē
mīrificē
mīrificentia
mīrificō
mīrificus
mīrimodīs
mīriō
mīrō
mīror
mīrus

Descendants

Albanian: mrekulli
Asturian: milagru
Catalan: miracle, mirall
Danish: mirakel
Dutch: mirakel
English: miracle
Esperanto: miraklo
French: miracle

Friulian: meracul
Galician: milagre
Italian: miracolo
Neapolitan: miraculo
Occitan: miracle, miralh
Old French: mirail, miracle
Old Portuguese: miragre
Portuguese: milagre, miráculo
Romanian: miracol
Spanish: milagro, miráculo

References

miraculum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
miraculum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
miraculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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