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μαρτύρομαι

marturomai

call to witness, invoke

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Where it lives

3 John 2 · 92.59/10k
Susanna (LXX) 1 · 13.09/10k
John 17 · 11.13/10k
1 John 2 · 9.41/10k
Galatians 2 · 9.15/10k
Ways and Means 3 · 7.85/10k
1 Thessalonians 1 · 6.88/10k
Colossians 1 · 6.46/10k
1 Timothy 1 · 6.31/10k
Hebrews 3 · 5.97/10k
Apology 1 · 5/10k
De Insomniis 1 · 4.19/10k

Densest 12 of 58 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

μαρτύρομαι · martyromai — LSJ

call to witness, invoke, call you to witness that

call to witness, invoke, c. acc. pers., Antipho 1.29, S. OC 813, etc.; esp. of the gods, Ἄρτεμιν, γαῖαν καὶ θεούς, E. Hipp. 1451, Ph. 626; δαίμονας, ὡς . . Id. Med. 619: c. acc. et inf., ὑμᾶς δʼ ἀκούειν ταῦτʼ ἐγὼ μαρτύρομαι A. Eu. 643, etc.: c. part., μαρτύρομαι τυπτόμενος I call you to witness that . . , Ar. Av. 1031, cf. E. HF 858 (troch.).

2 call, to witness

c. acc. rei, call one to witness a thing, Hdt. 1.44, Ar. Ra. 528, Pl. 932.

3 protest, asseverate, protest

protest, asseverate, μ. ὅτι . . Id. Nu. 1222, Th. 6.80; ταῦτα Pl. l.c.: abs., μαρτύρομαι I protest, Ar. Ach. 926, Lys. 3.15.

4 cite, as a witness, remind

c. acc. pers. et gen. rei, οἱ δὲ τῆς τῶν θεῶν . . παραγωγῆς τὸν Ὅμηρον μ. ὅτι . . cite Homer as a witness of . . , Pl. R. 364d; ἐμαυτὸν μ. τῆς φιλοτιμίας App. l.c.; μ. τινὶ ὅτι . . Ep.Gal. 5.3; τοὺς ἀποστάντας μ. τῆς ἐπιορκίας remind them of . . , App. BC 5.129.

In the wild

μαρτυρεῖτε · martyreite Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1184–1185
μαρτυρεῖτέ · martyreite Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1317–1319
μαρτυρεῖ · martyrei Aeschylus, Agamemnon 494–499
μαρτυρεῖ · martyrei Aeschylus, Eumenides 594
μαρτύρομαι · martyromai Aeschylus, Eumenides 643
μαρτυρεῖ · martyrei Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 1010–1011

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