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).
I 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.—
II 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. 362: demiror quid sit, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 68; cf. id. Stich. 1, 3, 109; Ter. Hec. 529; and: quid mihi dicent? demiror, id. Phorm. 235: demiror, ubi nunc ambulet Messenio, Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 6.