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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [miːˈraː.kʊ.ɫũː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [miˈraː.ku.lum]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''mīrāculum''' ''n'' (genitive mīrāculī); second declension^(Wiktionary)
+ Lucilius perhaps has ''mīrāclum''.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[mīror]] “to wonder at” with the suffix [[-culum]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Cato, of an amazing event.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant an amazing event, as in Cato, and in Cicero a marvel, an amazing sight.^(OLD 2012) In Pliny the Elder it meant remarkable quality, and in Livy wonder, amazement.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Church Latin it meant a miracle, and Medieval Latin used it for a miracle play.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Etymonline) British Medieval Latin used it for any remarkable deed or phenomenon.^(DMLBS) It survives in Spanish ''milagro'' and Portuguese ''milagre'', and through Old French it gave [[en|miracle]] in the mid-12th century, a wondrous work of God.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of an amazing event.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a marvel.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * mid-12th century – English ''miracle'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A [[m|en|marvel]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # An amazing event.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Remarkable quality; wonder.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' A [[m|en|miracle]]; a miracle play.^(Niermeyer 1976)
+ 
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[miraculosus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[mīrābiliārius]]
+ * [[mīrābilis]]
+ * [[mīrābilitās]]
+ * [[mīrābiliter]]
+ * [[mīrābundus]]
+ * [[mīrācula]]
+ * [[mīrandus]]
+ * [[mīrātiō]]
+ * [[mīrātor]]
+ * [[mīrātrīx]]
+ * [[mīror]]
+ * [[mīrus]]
+ * [[en|miracle]]
+ 
+ ==Usage notes==
+ A Late Latin ''mīrāculum'' from ''mīrārī'' “to look at” meant a mirror, whence Catalan ''mirall'', and Wiktionary distinguishes it from the classical word.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}