martyrologium

See also: Martyrologium

English

Noun

martyrologium (plural martyrologia)

1. Synonym of martyrology (“catalogue of martyrs”)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin martyrologium, from Ancient Greek [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɑr.tiː.roːˈloː.ɣi.ʏm/

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• Hyphenation: mar‧ty‧ro‧lo‧gi‧um

Noun

martyrologium n (plural martyrologia)

1. (religion, chiefly Christianity) martyrology (list of martyrs; hagiography about a martyr)

   Synonyms: martyrium, martyrologie

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from or formed as Ancient Greek μαρτυρολόγιον (marturológion), with the same first element as borrowed Latin martyr. Second element from λέγω (légō, “count, tell”) + -ιον (-ion); compare hōrologium.

Noun

martyrologium n (genitive martyrologiī or martyrologī); second declension

1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) martyrology

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	martyrologium	martyrologia
Genitive	martyrologiī martyrologī1	martyrologiōrum
Dative	martyrologiō	martyrologiīs
Accusative	martyrologium	martyrologia
Ablative	martyrologiō	martyrologiīs
Vocative	martyrologium	martyrologia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Catalan: martirologi
• French: martyrologie
• Galician: martiroloxio
• Italian: martirologio
• Portuguese: martirológio
• Spanish: martirologio

References

• martyrologium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)