ἀνάθεμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀνατίθημι (anatíthēmi, “to dedicate”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ná.tʰe.ma/ → /aˈna.θe.ma/ → /aˈna.θe.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ná.tʰe.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈna.tʰe.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈna.θe.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈna.θe.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈna.θe.ma/

Noun

ᾰ̓νᾰ́θεμᾰ • (anáthema) n (genitive ᾰ̓νᾰθέμᾰτος); third declension

1. votive offering
2. that which is consecrated or dedicated
   1. something devoted to evil, an accursed thing
3. curse, damnation
4. a sort of dance

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ᾰ̓νᾰ́θεμᾰ; τοῦ ᾰ̓νᾰθέμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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 (2006–2024)