μάρτυρ

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /már.tyr/ → /ˈmar.tyr/ → /ˈmar.tir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /már.tyr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.tyr/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.tyr/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.tyr/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.tir/

Noun

μᾰ́ρτῠρ • (mártur) m (genitive μᾰ́ρτῠρος); third declension

1. Aeolic form of μᾰ́ρτῠς (mártus)

Inflection

Third declension of ὀ μᾰ́ρτῠρ; τοῦ μᾰ́ρτῠρος (Lesbian)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὀ μᾰ́ρτῠρ o mártur	τὼ μᾰ́ρτῠρε tṑ márture	οἰ μᾰ́ρτῠρες oi mártures
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰ́ρτῠρος toû márturos	τοῖν μᾰρτῠ́ροιν toîn martúroin	τῶν μᾰρτῠ́ρων tôn martúrōn
Dative	τῶ μᾰ́ρτῠρῐ tô márturi	τοῖν μᾰρτῠ́ροιν toîn martúroin	τοῖς μᾰρτῠ́ρεσσῐ / μᾰρτῠ́ρεσσῐν toîs martúressi(n)
Accusative	τὸν μᾰ́ρτῠρᾰ tòn mártura	τὼ μᾰ́ρτῠρε tṑ márture	τοῖς μᾰ́ρτῠρᾰς toîs márturas
Vocative	μᾰ́ρτῠρ mártur	μᾰ́ρτῠρε márture	μᾰ́ρτῠρες mártures
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Third declension of ᾱ̓ μᾰ́ρτῠρ; τᾶς μᾰ́ρτῠρος (Lesbian)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ᾱ̓ μᾰ́ρτῠρ ā mártur	τὼ μᾰ́ρτῠρε tṑ márture	αἰ μᾰ́ρτῠρες ai mártures
Genitive	τᾶς μᾰ́ρτῠρος tâs márturos	τοῖν μᾰρτῠ́ροιν toîn martúroin	τᾶν μᾰρτῠ́ρων tân martúrōn
Dative	τᾶ μᾰ́ρτῠρῐ tâ márturi	τοῖν μᾰρτῠ́ροιν toîn martúroin	ταῖς μᾰρτῠ́ρεσσῐ / μᾰρτῠ́ρεσσῐν taîs martúressi(n)
Accusative	τᾱ̀ν μᾰ́ρτῠρᾰ tā̀n mártura	τὼ μᾰ́ρτῠρε tṑ márture	ταῖς μᾰ́ρτῠρᾰς taîs márturas
Vocative	μᾰ́ρτῠρ mártur	μᾰ́ρτῠρε márture	μᾰ́ρτῠρες mártures
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• → Old Georgian: მარტჳლი (marṭwili), მარტჳრი (marṭwiri)
  • Georgian: მარტვილი (marṭvili)

References

• “μάρτυρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μάρτυρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette