martyrium

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ecclesiastical Latin martyrium, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek μαρτύριον (martúrion, “testimony”).

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

• Latin: martyrium (la) n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: martirio (es) m

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin martyrium, from Latin μαρτύριον.

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.

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαρτύριον (martúrion, “testimony”).

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
• Spanish: martirio

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.