dē-mīror, ātus, 1
* V. dep. a., to wonder at a person or thing, to wonder (for the most part only in the 1st pers. pres., and peculiar to the lang. of conversation).
* Prop. (with acc. of neut. pron., or acc. and inf.): haec ego vos concupiisse pro vestra stultitia non miror: sperasse me consule assequi posse demiror,Cic. Agr. 2, 36, 100; id. Att. 15, 1; id. Fam. 7, 27; with person or thing as object (ante- and post-class.): eum demiror non venire ut jusseram,Plaut. Merc. 4, 2, 7: responsum ejus demiratus,Gell. 2, 18, 10: so, audaciam eorum,id. 3, 7, 12: has ejus intemperies,id. 1, 17, 2: Ὀπτικὴ facit multa demiranda id genus, id. 16, 8, 3.
* Transf., demiror, like our I wonder, for I am at a loss to imagine (with a relat. clause): demiror qui sciat,Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 133; cf. Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 121: demiror quid sit,Plaut. As. 1, 1, 68; cf. id. Stich. 1, 3, 109; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 14; and: quid mihi dicent? demiror,id. Phorm. 2, 1, 5: demiror, ubi nunc ambulet Messenio,Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 6.

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