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.
martyr , yris, comm., = μάρτυρ,