ἀνάθημα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ατος, τό, ([[ἀνατίθημι]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[that which is set up]]: hence, like [[ἄγαλμα]], [[votive offering]], [[votive deposit]], [[votive offering set up in a temple]], Hdt.1.14,92, S.''Ant.''286, etc.; ἀνάθημα ἐκ λειτουργιῶν Lys.26.4.<br><span class="bld">2</span> used by Hom. only in first sense of [[ἄγαλμα]], [[delight]], [[ornament]], μολπή τ' ὀρχηστύς τε· τὰ γάρ τ' ἀναθήματα δαιτός Od.1.152, cf. 21.430, ''IG''14.1390; <b class="b3">τοῖς τεκοῦσιν ἀνάθημα βιότου</b>, of [[children]], E.''Fr.''518, cf. Pl.''Hp.Mi.''364b; to help deserving [[poverty]] is βασιλικοῦ πλούτου ἀνάθημα καὶ [[κατασκεύασμα]] λαμπρότατον D.H.19.14.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of a [[slave]] in a [[temple]], ἀνάθημα πόλεως = [[devoted to]] this [[service]] by the [[city]], E.''Ion''310.—Cf. [[ἀνάθεμα]].