anathema

anathema
1.
ănăthēmă, ătis, n., = anathêma, an offering, a gift, Prud. Psych. 540:

in anathema oblivionis,

Vulg. Judith, 16, 23.
2.
ănăthĕmă, ătis, n., = anathema, a later form of anathêma, used in mal. part. (eccl. Lat.), pr. an offering not to be redeemed; and of a living thing, to be put to death, doomed; hence, an accursed thing, a curse.
I.
Concr., of things:

vocavit nomen loci illius Horma, id est anathema,

Vulg. Num. 21, 3; ib. Jud. 1, 17; ib. Deut. 13, 16.—
II.
A curse of excommunication, anathema:

anathematis injuria,

Aug. Ep. 75.—
III.
Meton. (like the Heb. ).
A.
The person cursed:

nec inferes quippiam ex idolo in domum tuam, ne fias anathema, sicut et illud est,

Vulg. Deut. 7, 26. —
B.
The person excommunicated:

aliquem anathema dicere,

Tert. adv. Haer. 6; Vulg. Rom. 9, 3; ib. 1 Cor. 12, 3; 16, 22; ib. Gal. 1, 8; 1, 9.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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