μαρτυρία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μᾰ́ρτῠς (mắrtŭs, “witness”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mar.ty.rí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /mar.tyˈri.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mar.tyˈri.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mar.tyˈri.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mar.tiˈri.a/
Noun
μᾰρτῠρῐ́ᾱ • (mărtŭrĭ́ā) f (genitive μᾰρτῠρῐ́ᾱς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ μᾰρτῠρῐ́ᾱ hē mărtŭrĭ́ā |
τὼ μᾰρτῠρῐ́ᾱ tṑ mărtŭrĭ́ā |
αἱ μᾰρτῠρῐ́αι hai mărtŭrĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς μᾰρτῠρῐ́ᾱς tês mărtŭrĭ́ās |
τοῖν μᾰρτῠρῐ́αιν toîn mărtŭrĭ́ain |
τῶν μᾰρτῠρῐῶν tôn mărtŭrĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ μᾰρτῠρῐ́ᾳ tēî mărtŭrĭ́āi |
τοῖν μᾰρτῠρῐ́αιν toîn mărtŭrĭ́ain |
ταῖς μᾰρτῠρῐ́αις taîs mărtŭrĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν μᾰρτῠρῐ́ᾱν tḕn mărtŭrĭ́ān |
τὼ μᾰρτῠρῐ́ᾱ tṑ mărtŭrĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς μᾰρτῠρῐ́ᾱς tā̀s mărtŭrĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μᾰρτῠρῐ́ᾱ mărtŭrĭ́ā |
μᾰρτῠρῐ́ᾱ mărtŭrĭ́ā |
μᾰρτῠρῐ́αι mărtŭrĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Greek: μαρτυρία (martyría) (learned)
References
- “μαρτυρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μαρτυρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μαρτυρία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G3141 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- attestation idem, page 51.
- authority idem, page 53.
- deposition idem, page 212.
- evidence idem, page 285.
- proof idem, page 653.
- testimony idem, page 863.
- witness idem, page 985.
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μᾰρτῠρῐ́ᾱ (mărtŭrĭ́ā).
Noun
μαρτυρία • (martyría) f (plural μαρτυρίες)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | μαρτυρία (martyría) | μαρτυρίες (martyríes) |
| genitive | μαρτυρίας (martyrías) | μαρτυριών (martyrión) |
| accusative | μαρτυρία (martyría) | μαρτυρίες (martyríes) |
| vocative | μαρτυρία (martyría) | μαρτυρίες (martyríes) |
Derived terms
- φωτομαρτυρία (fotomartyría)
Related terms
- see: μάρτυρας m (mártyras, “martyr”)