καταμαρτυρέω
ε-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
καταμαρτυρέω
καταμαρτυρήσω
Structure:
κατα
(Prefix)
+
μαρτυρέ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to bear witness against, to have evidence given against
- to be given against
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- μηδαμῶσ, ὦ ἄνδρεσ δικασταί, ἀλλὰ μάλιστα μὲν κωλύετε αὐτὸν ταῦτα ποιεῖν, ἂν δ’ ἄρα βιάζηται ὑμᾶσ καὶ λοιδορῆται, ἐνθυμεῖσθε ὅτι αὐτὸσ ἑαυτοῦ καταμαρτυρεῖ μὴ ἐξ ἐκείνου γεγενῆσθαι. (Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40, 57:1)
- καὶ ὁ Ἀρχεβιάδησ εἰσ τοῦτο φαυλότητοσ ἥκει, ὥστε τοῦ Καλλίππου δημότου ὄντοσ αὐτῷ καὶ πολιτευομένου καὶ οὐκ ἰδιώτου ὄντοσ καταμαρτυρεῖ, καὶ φησὶν ἡμᾶσ μὲν ἀληθῆ λέγειν, τοῦτον δὲ ψεύδεσθαι, καὶ ταῦτα εἰδὼσ ὅτι, ἂν οὗτοσ βούληται ἐπισκήψασθαι αὐτῷ τῶν ψευδομαρτυρίων καὶ ἄλλο μηδὲν ποιῆσαι ἢ ἐξορκῶσαι, ἀνάγκη αὐτῷ ἔσται πίστιν ἐπιθεῖναι ἣν ἂν κελεύῃ οὗτοσ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 36:2)
- πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ τὰ ψηφίσματα αὐτοῦ τὰ ἐκ τῆσ βουλῆσ καὶ <τὸ> τοῦ δήμου καταμαρτυρεῖ, διαρρήδην ἀγορεύοντα Ψήφισμα "περὶ ὧν Ἀγόρατοσ κατείρηκεν. (Lysias, Speeches, 61:1)
- καὶ τίσ μου καταμαρτυρεῖ, φήσει, δῶρα λαβεῖν; (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 156:1)
- τοῦ Διὸσ ἢ ὃν ἂν ἐκεῖνοσ ἄξιον κρίνῃ ταύτησ τῆσ ὑπηρεσίασ, ἵνα μηδαμοῦ μηδὲν παραγυμνώσῃ πρὸσ τοὺσ πολλούσ, δι’ οὗ τὴν μαρτυρίαν τὴν αὑτοῦ, ἣν τῇ ἀρετῇ μαρτυρεῖ καὶ τῶν ἐκτὸσ καταμαρτυρεῖ, αὐτὸσ ἄκυρον ποιήσῃ· (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 32:3)
Synonyms
-
to bear witness against
- καταψευδομαρτυρέω (to bear false witness against, to be borne down by false evidence)
- μαρτυρέω (I bear witness, testify, give evidence)
-
to be given against
Derived
- διαμαρτυρέω (to use a diamarturi/a , to affirm by a diamarturi/a that a thing is, things so affirmed)
- ἐκμαρτυρέω (to bear witness to)
- ἐπιμαρτυρέω (to bear witness to, to depose, to adjure)
- μαρτυρέω (I bear witness, testify, give evidence)
- προσμαρτυρέω (to confirm by evidence, to bear additional witness to)
- συμμαρτυρέω (to bear witness with or in support of)
