martyr
From LSJ
δι' ἐμοῦ βασιλεῖς βασιλεύουσιν, καὶ οἱ δυνάσται γράφουσιν δικαιοσύνην → through me kings rule, and princes dictate justice (Proverbs 8:15, LXX version)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
Be a martyr, be wronged: P. and V. ἀδικεῖσθαι. Be a martyr to, die for: V. προθνήσκειν (gen.), ὑπερθνήσκειν (gen.), P. ὑπεραποθνήσκειν ὑπέρ (gen.), προαποθνήσκειν ὑπέρ (gen.). Met., be a martyr to (a disease): P. and V. κάμνειν (acc.); see suffer from.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
martyr: yris, comm., = μάρτυρ>,
I a witness; esp. one who by his death bears witness to the truth of the Christian religion, a martyr (eccl. Lat.): salvete flores Marty rum, Prud. Cath. 12, 125; Vulg. Apoc. 17, 6 —In fem.: Perpetua, fortissima martyr, Tert. Anim. 55.
