martyr

martyr, mártyris m.

noun, 3rd declension

mar-tyr · /ˈmar.tir/

martyr

Greek mártys means simply witness; Latin took the word over untranslated, and the sense of one who died for the faith is the Church's addition.

in English martyr, martyrdom

in the texts

Communicántes Mártyrum

Nobis quoque peccatóribus Martýribus

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