anathema

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin anathema (“curse, person cursed, offering”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνάθεμα (anáthema, “something dedicated, especially dedicated to eternal damnation”), from ἀνατίθημι (anatíthēmi, “to set upon, offer as a votive gift”), from ἀνά (aná, “upon”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, place”). The Ancient Greek term was influenced by Hebrew חרם (herem), leading to the sense of "accursed," especially in Ecclesiastical writers. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈnæθəmə/ Hyphenation: a‧na‧the‧ma === Noun === anathema (plural anathemas or anathemata) (ecclesiastical, historical) A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; something denounced as accursed. [from early 17th c.] Synonyms: ban, curse (by extension) Something which is vehemently disliked by somebody. Synonyms: antipathy, bête noire, bugbear (literary) An imprecation; a curse; a malediction. (ecclesiastical) Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority to unending punishment. [from 1520s] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === New Advent: The Catholic on-line encyclopedia. === Further reading === anathema on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Latin == === Etymology === 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 offering (especially the life of a person) curse excommunication ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). ==== Descendants ==== German: Anathema → Polish: anatema (learned) === References === “anathema”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "anathema", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)