admīrābĭlis, e, adj. [admiror].
I Worthy of admiration , admirable , wonderful : admirabilis in dicendo vir, Cic. de Or. 1, 2: O clementiam admirabilem, id. Lig. 2, 6: gravitatem atque constantiam, id. Phil. 13, 41: scientia, id. ib. 9, 10.— Ironically: o admirabilem impudentiam, audaciam, temeritatem, Cic. Phil. 3, 7, 18; so, o admirabilior oratio, id. Or. 35: magnitudo pop. R. admirabilior adversis rebus quam secundis, Liv. 22, 37: admirabilem licentiam, Cic. Fat. 16: quam admirabile est nomen, Vulg. Psa. 8, 2: de tenebris vos vocavit in admirabile lumen suum, ib. 1 Pet. 2, 9.—
II That produces wonder , wonderful , astonishing , strange , rare , paradoxical : haec παράδοξα illi, nos admirabilia dicamus, Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 74; cf. id. Par. praef. and Par. 4: admirabile genus (causae), a quo alienatus est animus eorum qui audituri sunt, id. Inv. 1, 15, 20: concursus, id. Phil. 10, 7: gloria, id. ib. 3, 26.— Comp. : non esse admirabilius Romanos Graeciā pelli quam Hannibalem Italiā pulsum esse, Liv. 42, 50; also Flor. 4, 2, 47.— Sup. not used.—Adv.: admīrābĭlĭter (only in the posit. ).
1 Admirably , Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132; id. Opt. Gen. Or. 6, 37; id. Att. 5, 14, 2.—
2 Paradoxically , strangely , παραδόξως, Cic. Tusc. 4, 16 fin.