martyrium

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Translations

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

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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).

Descendants

  • English: martyrium
  • French: martyre
  • German: Martyrium
  • Italian: martirio
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: marteiro
    Portuguese: martírio
  • Romanian: martiriu
  • Spanish: martirio
  • Arabic: مَرْطُول (marṭūl)

References

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

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

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