θαῦμα
Alt. θαῦμα, ατος, τό,
Etym. θάομαι
I. of objects, "whatever one regards with wonder, a wonder, marvel", Hom., Hes.; θαῦμα, of Polypheme, Od.; θαῦμα βροτοῖσι, of a beautiful woman, id=Od.; c. inf., θαῦμα ἰδέσθαι or ἰδεῖν "a wonder" to behold, id=Od., Eur.; καὶ θαῦμά γ᾽ οὐδέν and no "wonder", Ar.: —θῶμα ποιεῖσθαί τι Hdt.:—in pl., θαύματ᾽ ἐμοὶ κλύειν Aesch.; θαυμάτων κρείσσονα or πέρα things more than "wondrous", Eur.
2. in pl. also "jugglers' tricks, mountebank-gambols", Xen., etc.
II. of the feeling, "wonder, astonishment", Od., etc.; ἐν θώματι εἶναι or γίγνεσθαι "to be astonished", Hdt., Thuc.; τινός "at" a thing, Hdt.