Mirum! - used as an adverb...

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pmda
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Mirum! - used as an adverb...

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In Ovid (Fasti) used by Orberg there is this line:

Venit ad expositos (mirum!) lupa feta gemellos.

mirus, -a, -um is an adjective. What's it describing here? Or is it being used adverbially..?

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Re: Mirum! - used as an adverb...

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It's a parenthetical exclamation: "Amazing!"

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