English

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

• (rhetoric): testatio

Related terms

• martyr
• martyrdom

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαρτύριον ‎(martúrion, “testimony”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /marˈtʏ.ri.um/

Noun

martyrium n ‎(genitive martyriī); 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

Inflection

Second declension.

Related terms

• martyr

Descendants

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “martyrium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.