ἀνάθημα

anathema

that which is set up

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

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Nicomachean Ethics 2
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Book IV 2
Chapter 2 1122a18–1123a33

1122b20
1123a5
Politics 2
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Book V 1
Chapter 11 1313a15–1315b10

1313b22
Book VI 1
Chapter 7 1321a5–1321b3

1321a38
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 133 843b15–844a5

843b23
Oeconomica 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 2 1346a32–1353b27

1346b9

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀνάθημα, ατος, τό, (ἀνατίθημι) A. that which is set up: hence, like ἄγαλμα, votive offering set up in a temple, Hdt. 1.14,92, S. Ant. 286, etc.; ἀ. ἐκ λειτουργιῶν Lys. 26.4. 2. used by Hom. only in first sense of ἄγαλμα, delight, ornament, μολπή τʼ ὀρχηστύς τε· τὰ γάρ τʼ ἀναθήματα δαιτός Od. 1.152, cf. 21.430, IG 14.1390; τοῖς τεκοῦσιν ἀνάθημα βιότου, of children, E. Fr. 518, cf. Pl. Hp.Mi. 364b; to help deserving poverty is βασιλικοῦ πλούτου ἀ. καὶ κατασκεύασμα λαμπρότατον D.H. 19.14. 3. of a slave in a temple, ἀ. πόλεως devoted to this service by the city, E. Ion 310.—Cf. ἀνάθεμα.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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