martyrologium
See also: Martyrologium
English
Noun
martyrologium (plural martyrologia)
- Synonym of martyrology (“catalogue of martyrs”)
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin martyrologium, from Ancient Greek [Term?].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmɑr.tiː.roːˈloː.ɣi.ʏm/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: mar‧ty‧ro‧lo‧gi‧um
Noun
martyrologium n (plural martyrologia)
- (religion, chiefly Christianity) martyrology (list of martyrs; hagiography about a martyr)
- Synonyms: martyrium, martyrologie
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from or formed as Ancient Greek μαρτυρολόγιον (marturológion), with the same first element as borrowed Latin martyr. Second element from λέγω (légō, “count, tell”) + -ιον (-ion); compare hōrologium.
Noun
martyrologium n (genitive martyrologiī or martyrologī); second declension
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) martyrology
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | martyrologium | martyrologia |
Genitive | martyrologiī martyrologī1 | martyrologiōrum |
Dative | martyrologiō | martyrologiīs |
Accusative | martyrologium | martyrologia |
Ablative | martyrologiō | martyrologiīs |
Vocative | martyrologium | martyrologia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- Catalan: martirologi
- French: martyrologie
- Galician: martiroloxio
- Italian: martirologio
- Portuguese: martirológio
- Spanish: martirologio
References
- martyrologium 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)