μαρτύριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μάρτυς (mártus, “witness”) +‎ -ιον (-ion).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μᾰρτῠ́ρῐον • (mărtŭ́rĭon) n (genitive μᾰρτῠρῐ́ου); second declension

  1. testimony, evidence, proof
  2. martyrdom
  3. shrine of a martyr

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ μᾰρτῠ́ρῐον; τοῦ μᾰρτῠρῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ μᾰρτῠ́ρῐον
tò mărtŭ́rĭon 		τὼ μᾰρτῠρῐ́ω
tṑ mărtŭrĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ μᾰρτῠ́ρῐᾰ
tằ mărtŭ́rĭă
Genitive τοῦ μᾰρτῠρῐ́ου
toû mărtŭrĭ́ou 		τοῖν μᾰρτῠρῐ́οιν
toîn mărtŭrĭ́oin 		τῶν μᾰρτῠρῐ́ων
tôn mărtŭrĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ μᾰρτῠρῐ́ῳ
tōî mărtŭrĭ́ōi 		τοῖν μᾰρτῠρῐ́οιν
toîn mărtŭrĭ́oin 		τοῖς μᾰρτῠρῐ́οις
toîs mărtŭrĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ μᾰρτῠ́ρῐον
tò mărtŭ́rĭon 		τὼ μᾰρτῠρῐ́ω
tṑ mărtŭrĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ μᾰρτῠ́ρῐᾰ
tằ mărtŭ́rĭă
Vocative μᾰρτῠ́ρῐον
mărtŭ́rĭon 		μᾰρτῠρῐ́ω
mărtŭrĭ́ō 		μᾰρτῠ́ρῐᾰ
mărtŭ́rĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: մատուռն (matuṙn)
  • Latin: martyrium
    • Arabic: مَرْطُول (marṭūl)

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