martyr

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

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

martyr martyris N M :: martyr; witness

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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

martўr, yris, m. f. (μάρτυρ), martyr, martyre : Prud. Cath. 12, 125 ; Vulg. Apoc. 17, 6.

Latin > German (Georges)

martyr, yris, c. (μάρτυρ), der Zeuge; dah. wer als Zeuge der Wahrheit der christlichen Religion stirbt, der Märtyrer, die Märtyrerin, Eccl . – / Genet. Plur. martyrorum, Corp. inscr. Lat. 5, 6186: u. marturorum, Corp. inscr. Lat. 8, 7924.

Latin > Chinese

*martyr, yris. m. f. :: 致命聖人