μαρτῠρ-έω,
future -ήσω [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.21 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, future μαρτυρηθήσομαι [[ 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.13, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.40 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; μαρτυρήσομαι in passive sense, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus (see.below 9), 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 57.37: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἐμαρτυρήθην: perfect μεμαρτύρημαι [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], used in active sense, [[ LXX.Gen.43.3 ] LXX]:—bear witness, give evidence:—Constr.:
__1 absolutely, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 4.7, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 5(4).48; μαρτυροῦντι πιστεύειν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.7; ἐξέστω καὶ τοῖς δούλοις μαρτυρεῖν “PLille” 29.20 (3rd c.BC),compare “SIG” 953.19 (Calymna, 2nd c.BC), etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 with dative person, bear witness to or in favour of another, confirm what he says, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 594, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.94, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μαρτυρέει μοι τῇ γνώμῃ, ὅτι.. bears witness to my opinion, that.., [[ [prev. author] 2.18, compare 4.29; μαρτυρεῖς σαυτῷ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 532 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially bear favourable witness to, give a good report of a person, [[ “IG” 22.657 (3rd c.BC), etc.] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; πάντες ἐμαρτύρουν αὐτῷ [[ “Eu. Luc.” 4.22. b. with _dative_ _of things_, μ. τῇ διαθήκῃ “POxy.” 494.33 (2nd c.AD), etc. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 with accusative of things, testify to a thing, [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 102, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.108, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 515, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 244d; μ. τινί τι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.21, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 797 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 7th c.BC+]