martyrium

English

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin martyrium, from Ancient Greek μαρτύριον (martúrion, “testimony”). Equivalent to martyr +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɑːˈtɪɹ.i.əm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /mɑɹˈtiɹ.i.əm/

Noun

martyrium (plural martyriums or martyria)

1. A tomb or other edifice erected in homage to a martyr.
2. (rhetoric) Confirming something by referring to one's own experience.

Synonyms

• (rhetoric): testatio

Related terms

• martyr
• martyrdom

Translations

tomb or other edifice erected in homage to a martyr

• Indonesian: martirium
• Latin: martyrium (la) n
• Spanish: martirio (es) m

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin martyrium, from Ancient Greek μαρτύριον (martúrion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɑrˈtiː.ri.ʏm/
• Hyphenation: mar‧ty‧ri‧um

Noun

martyrium n (plural martyria)

1. (Christianity) a hagiography about a martyr

   Synonyms: martyrologie, martyrologium

2. a tomb, church or monument erected in memory of a martyr

French

Noun

martyrium f (plural martyriums)

1. martyrium

Further reading

• “martyrium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαρτύριον (martúrion, “testimony”). By surface analysis, martyr +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /marˈty.ri.um/, [märˈt̪ʏriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /marˈti.ri.um/, [märˈt̪iːrium]

Noun

martyrium n (genitive martyriī or martyrī); second declension

1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) martyrdom; testimony of a martyr, especially through blood (death)
2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) a martyrium; burial place of a martyr
3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) a church dedicated to a martyr

Declension

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).

Related terms

• martyr

Descendants

• English: martyrium
• French: martyre
• German: Martyrium
• Italian: martirio
• Old Galician-Portuguese: marteiro

  Portuguese: martírio

• Romanian: martiriu
• Spanish: martirio
• Arabic: مَرْطُول (marṭūl)

References

• “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

Noun

martyrium n (definite singular martyriet, indefinite plural martyrier, definite plural martyria or martyriene)

1. death of or as a martyr

   Synonym: martyrdød

2. (figurative) prolonged suffering

References

• “martyrium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “martyrium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

martyrium n (definite singular martyriet, indefinite plural martyrium, definite plural martyria)

1. death of or as a martyr

   Synonym: martyrdød

2. (figurative) prolonged suffering

References

• “martyrium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.