anáthema

anáthema ἀνάθεμα Wrtdtng: wrtl. "Aufstellung, Aufgestellt"

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ᾰ̓νᾰ́θεμᾰ • (ănắthemă) 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