anathema

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; something denounced as accursed. historical
  2. Something which is vehemently disliked by somebody. broadly
    — Even three years ago, the thought of spending two hours, let alone a whole day, without my mobile would have been anathema.
  3. An imprecation; a curse; a malediction. literary
    — I trembled at his ringing wealth Of manifold anathemas […]
  4. Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority to unending punishment.
    — If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.

词形变化

anathemas plural anathemata plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-
Proto-Hellenic *aná
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ)
Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-)
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti
Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi)
Ancient Greek ἀνᾰτίθημῐ (anătíthēmĭ)
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)
Ancient Greek ἀνάθεμα (anáthema)bor.
Late Latin anathemabor.
English anathema
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.
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