anathema

anathema "Verfluchung, Fluch, Haß, Gräuel" Anathema

1. anathēma, atis, n. (ἀνάθημα), das Weihgeschenk, Prud. ham. 461; psych. 540. – bildl., in anathema oblivionis, zum ewigen Gedächtnis, Vulg. Iudith 16, 23.

2. anathema, atis, n. (ἀνάθεμα), I) die Verfluchung, u. meton. = ein Verfluchter, Eccl. – II) der Kirchenbann, u. meton., der mit dem Kirchenbann Belegte, Eccl. – / Nbf. anathema, ae, f., Lucif. de non conv. 2. p. 6, 19.

• Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνάθεμα (anáthema, “something dedicated, especially dedicated to eternal damnation”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈna.tʰɛ.ma]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈnaː.te.ma]

Noun

anathema n (genitive anathematis); third declension

1. offering (especially the life of a person)
2. curse
3. excommunication

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	anathema	anathemata
genitive	anathematis	anathematum
dative	anathematī	anathematibus
accusative	anathema	anathemata
ablative	anathemate	anathematibus
vocative	anathema	anathemata