martyrium
English
Etymology
From Ecclesiastical Latin martyrium, from Ancient Greek μαρτύριον (martúrion, “testimony”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɑːˈtɪɹ.i.əm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /mɑɹˈtiɹ.i.əm/
Noun
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
- (rhetoric): testatio
Related terms
- martyr
- martyrdom
Translations
tomb or other edifice erected in homage to a martyr
|
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)
- (Christianity) A hagiography about a martyr.
- Synonyms: martyrologie, martyrologium
- A tomb, church or monument erected in memory of a martyr.
French
Noun
martyrium f (plural martyriums)
- 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”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /marˈty.ri.um/, [märˈt̪ʏriʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /marˈti.ri.um/, [märˈt̪iːrium]
Noun
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
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 Portuguese: marteiro
- Portuguese: martírio
- Romanian: martiriu
- 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
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
martyrium n (definite singular martyriet, indefinite plural martyrier, definite plural martyria or martyriene)
- death of or as a martyr
- Synonym: martyrdød
- (figuratively) 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)
- death of or as a martyr
- Synonym: martyrdød
- (figuratively) prolonged suffering
References
- “martyrium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.