ἀνάθεμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀνατίθημι (anatíthēmi, “to dedicate”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ná.tʰe.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈna.tʰe.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈna.θe.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈna.θe.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈna.θe.ma/
Noun
ᾰ̓νᾰ́θεμᾰ • (anáthema) n (genitive ᾰ̓νᾰθέμᾰτος); third declension
- votive offering
- that which is consecrated or dedicated
- something devoted to evil, an accursed thing
- curse, damnation
- a sort of dance
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ ᾰ̓νᾰ́θεμᾰ; τοῦ ᾰ̓νᾰθέμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ᾰ̓νᾰ́θεμᾰ tò anáthema | τὼ ᾰ̓νᾰθέμᾰτε tṑ anathémate | τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓νᾰθέμᾰτᾰ tà anathémata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ᾰ̓νᾰθέμᾰτος toû anathématos | τοῖν ᾰ̓νᾰθεμᾰ́τοιν toîn anathemátoin | τῶν ᾰ̓νᾰθεμᾰ́των tôn anathemátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ᾰ̓νᾰθέμᾰτῐ tôi anathémati | τοῖν ᾰ̓νᾰθεμᾰ́τοιν toîn anathemátoin | τοῖς ᾰ̓νᾰθέμᾰσῐ / ᾰ̓νᾰθέμᾰσῐν toîs anathémasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ᾰ̓νᾰ́θεμᾰ tò anáthema | τὼ ᾰ̓νᾰθέμᾰτε tṑ anathémate | τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓νᾰθέμᾰτᾰ tà anathémata | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓νᾰ́θεμᾰ anáthema | ᾰ̓νᾰθέμᾰτε anathémate | ᾰ̓νᾰθέμᾰτᾰ anathémata | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀναθεματίζω (anathematízō)
- ἀναθεματικός (anathematikós)
- ἀναθεματισμός (anathematismós)
Related terms
- ἀνάθημα (anáthēma)
Descendants
- Greek: ανάθεμα (anáthema)
- → Greek: ανάθημα (anáthima)
- → Georgian: ანათემა (anatema)
- → Latin: anathema
- German: Anathema
- → Polish: anatema (learned)
- → Russian: ана́фема (anáfema)
Further reading
- “ἀνάθεμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀνάθεμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀνάθεμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)