μαρτυρία

martyria

testimony

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Rhetoric 6
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Book I 6
Chapter 15 1375a22–1378a15

1376a17
1376a22
1376a23
1376a26
1376b31
1376b34
Politics 1
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 3 1337b24–1338b8

1338a36

Dictionary (LSJ)

μαρτυρία, ἡ, A. testimony, Διονύσου μαρτυρίῃσι Od. 11.325, cf. Hes. Op. 282 (pl.): freq. both sg. and pl., μ. τινός his evidence, Antipho 2.2.7; μ. παρέχεσθαι Pl. Smp. 179b; εἰς μ. κληθῆναι Id. Lg. 937a; μαρτυριῶν ἀπέχεσθαι to refuse to give evidence, Ar. Eq. 1316; ἐμβάλλεσθαι μ. ψευδῆ D. 54.31; γράφειν μ. τινί serve him with a subpoena, Aeschin. 1.45; μ. ἔχειν παρά τινων ἔκ τινων Arist. Pol. 1338a36: in non-legal sense, commendation, πάσης μ. ἐπιτήδειον (in sense of ἄξιον) SIG 1073.17 (Olympia, ii A.D.): in pl., demonstrations of favour, POxy. 41.18 (iii/iv A.D.). II. Astrol., aspect, Vett. Val.5.5, Gal. 19.532, Man. 1.124, Procl. Par.Ptol. 255.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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