martyrium
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ecclesiastical Latin martyrium, from Ancient Greek μαρτύριον (martúrion, “testimony”). Equivalent to martyr + -ium.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɑːˈtɪɹ.i.əm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /mɑɹˈtiɹ.i.əm/
Noun edit
martyrium (plural martyriums or martyria)
- A tomb or other edifice erected in homage to a martyr.
- (rhetoric) Confirming something by referring to one's own experience.
Synonyms edit
- (rhetoric): testatio
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Translations edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin martyrium, from Ancient Greek μαρτύριον (martúrion).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
martyrium n (plural martyria)
- (Christianity) A hagiography about a martyr.
- Synonyms: martyrologie, martyrologium
- A tomb, church or monument erected in memory of a martyr.
French edit
Noun edit
martyrium f (plural martyriums)
Further reading edit
- “martyrium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μαρτύριον (martúrion, “testimony”). By surface analysis, martyr + -ium.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /marˈty.ri.um/, [märˈt̪ʏriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /marˈti.ri.um/, [märˈt̪iːrium]
Noun edit
martyrium n (genitive martyriī or martyrī); second declension
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) martyrdom; testimony of a martyr, especially through blood (death)
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) a martyrium; burial place of a martyr
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) a church dedicated to a martyr
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | martyrium | martyria |
Genitive | martyriī martyrī1 |
martyriōrum |
Dative | martyriō | martyriīs |
Accusative | martyrium | martyria |
Ablative | martyriō | martyriīs |
Vocative | martyrium | martyria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “martyrium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- martyrium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- martyrium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
martyrium n (definite singular martyriet, indefinite plural martyrier, definite plural martyria or martyriene)
References edit
- “martyrium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “martyrium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
martyrium n (definite singular martyriet, indefinite plural martyrium, definite plural martyria)
References edit
- “martyrium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.