The common Latin term in medieval and early modern Europe for wonders and prodigies of nature was mirabile, usually in its plural form, mirabilia (“wondrous things,” “marvels”; more rarely: miracula or admiranda). The term for the emotion of astonishment or wonder elicited by mirabilia was admiratio. Like the Latin verb mirari (“to wonder [at],” “to admire”) and the adjective mirus (“wondrous,” “astonishing”), these terms are derived from the Indo-European*smei-, …