μαρτῠρ-ία, ἡ,
testimony, Διονύσου μαρτυρίῃσι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.325, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 282 (_plural_): frequently both _sing._ and _plural_, μ. τινός] Refs 8th c.BC+] his evidence, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.7; μ. παρέχεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 179b; εἰς μ. κληθῆναι [prev. author] “Lg.” 937a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μαρτυριῶν ἀπέχεσθαι to refuse to give evidence, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1316; ἐμβάλλεσθαι μ. ψευδῆ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.31 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; γράφειν μ. τινί serve him with a subpoena, [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.45; μ. ἔχειν παρά τινων ἔκ τινων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1338a36 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: in non-legal sense, commendation, πάσης μ. ἐπιτήδειον (in sense of ἄξιον) [[ “SIG” 1073.17 (Olympia, 2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: in plural, demonstrations of favour, [[ POxy. 41.18 (3rd-4th c.AD). ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II Astrology texts, aspect, Vett. Val.5.5, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.532, 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 1.124, 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Paraphrasis Ptolemaei Tetrabiblou” 255. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]