ἀνάθημα, -τος, τό, (ἀνατίθημι), a gift consecrated and laid up in a temple, a votive offering (see ἀνάθεμα, 1): Luke 21:5[R G Tr WH]. (3 Macc. 3:17; cf. Grimm on 2 Macc. 3:2; κοσμεῖνἀναθήμασι occurs also in 2 Macc. 11:16; Plato, Alcib. ii. § 12, p. 148 e. ἀναθήμασιτεκεκοσμήκαμεντὰἱερὰαὐτῶν, Herodotus 1, 183 τὸμὲνδὴἱερὸνοὕτωκεκόσμηται· ἔστιδὲκαὶἴδιαἀναθήματαπολλά.)