mirum in modum

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pmda
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mirum in modum

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In Orberg LLPSI:

...nam sicut ille mirum in modum servatus est.

= ...nam sicut ille servatus est in modum mirum.

'Mirum' adiectivum masculinum accusativum (?)

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Re: mirum in modum

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Ita est, ut dicis, pmda.
I'm writing in Latin hoping for correction, and not because I'm confident in how I express myself. Latinè scribo ut ab omnibus corrigar, non quod confidenter me exprimam.

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Re: mirum in modum

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nam sicut ille mirum in modum servatus est, cum iam de salute desperaret, ita homines nonnumquam conta spem e maximis periculis eripiuntur.

...actually revisiting this on my quick review of LLPSI Pars I, it seems that 'mirum' must qualify 'modum' and, therefore, must be neuter accusative singular.

I translate it as follows: For just as he was saved in this surprising way, when he had already despaired of life, not a few men have against hope been rescued in this way from the greatest danger'.

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Re: mirum in modum

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No, modus is masculine ;)
mihi iussa capessere fas est

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Re: mirum in modum

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oops.. Of course... The longer I study the less I know.

But it is qualified in the accusative masculine by 'mirum' right?

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Re: mirum in modum

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Yep!

We all slip from time to time. The longer we study, the more pebbles on the hill to trip us up.
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