μάρτυρας
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /már.ty.ras/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmar.ty.ras/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmar.ty.ras/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmar.ty.ras/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmar.ti.ras/
Noun
μάρτῠρᾰς • (mártŭrăs)
- accusative plural of μάρτυς (mártus)
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μάρτυς (mártus).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaɾ.ti.ɾas/
- Hyphenation: μάρ‧τυ‧ρας
Noun
μάρτυρας • (mártyras) m or f (plural μάρτυρες)
- witness (the person)
- αυτήκοος μάρτυρας ― aftíkoos mártyras ― eye witness (literally, “ear witness”)
- (religion) martyr
Declension
Feminine singular genitive: μάρτυρος(mártyros); also formal masculine.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | μάρτυρας (mártyras) | μάρτυρες (mártyres) |
| genitive | μάρτυρα (mártyra) | μαρτύρων (martýron) |
| accusative | μάρτυρα (mártyra) | μάρτυρες (mártyres) |
| vocative | μάρτυρα (mártyra) | μάρτυρες (mártyres) |
Related terms
- αμαρτύρητος (amartýritos, “unconfirmed”)
- αμάρτυρος (amártyros, “unattested”)
- μαρτυρία f (martyría, “evidence, testimony”)
- μαρτυρικός (martyrikós, “suffering, martyr's”)
- μαρτύριο n (martýrio, “martyrdom, torment”)
- μαρτυρώ (martyró, “to testify, to bear witness, to suffer”) & compounds
Compounds
- εθνομάρτυρας m (ethnomártyras, “ethnomartyr”)
- ιερομάρτυρας m (ieromártyras, “hieromartyr”) (religion)
- μεγαλομάρτυρας m (megalomártyras, “great martyr”) (religion)
- νεομάρτυρας m (neomártyras, “neomartyr”) (religion)
- οσιομάρτυρας m (osiomártyras) (religion)
- πρωτομάρτυρας m (protomártyras, “protomartyr”) (religion)
- ψευδομάρτυρας m (psevdomártyras, “false witness”) (law)
References
- ^ μάρτυρας, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language