μαρτύριον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῠ], τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[testimony]], [[proof]], πρῶτον καὶ μέγιστον μαρτύριον <span class="bibl">Hdt. 2.22</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).10</span>, etc.: freq. in plural, μαρτύρια [[θέσθαι]] <span class="bibl">Hdt. 8.55</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Ag.</span>1095</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>485</span>, <span class="bibl">797</span>; μετ' ἀειμνήστου μ. <span class="bibl">Th. 1.33</span>; [[μαρτύριον δέ]]... followed by [[γάρ]], [[here is a proof]], [[namely]]... ib.<span class="bibl">8</span>, etc.; μέγα τόδε μ.,… γάρ <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.120</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[τὰ μαρτύρια]] = [[the tables of the Decalogue]], <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Le.</span> 16.13</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[shrine of a martyr]], <span class="bibl">Aët. 15.15</span> (a) Z., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>941.4</span> (vi A.D.), etc.</span>