# ἀνατίθημι
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

ἀνα- (ana-) +‎ τίθημι (títhēmi)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.na.tí.tʰɛː.mi/ → /a.naˈti.θi.mi/ → /a.naˈti.θi.mi/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /a.na.tí.tʰɛː.mi/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /a.naˈti.tʰe̝.mi/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /a.naˈti.θi.mi/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /a.naˈti.θi.mi/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /a.naˈti.θi.mi/

### Verb

ἀνᾰτίθημῐ • (anătíthēmĭ)
* lay upon, put upon
** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 22.100:ἐλεγχείην ἀναθήσει μοιelenkheíēn anathḗsei moiheap upon
** 424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 1056, (hexameters):ἀ. ἄχθοςa. ákhthoslay on as a burden
** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 3.1.20
** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 3.1.30
** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Constitution of the Athenians 2.17:τινὶ τὴν αἰτίαν ἀν.tinì tḕn aitían an.
** 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 5.1.9:τινὸς ἀν. τὴν αἰτίαν ἐπί τιναtinòs an. tḕn aitían epí tina
** 390 BCE – 322 BCE, Hyperides, In Defence of Euxenippus 9:κινδύνους ἰδιώταις ἀ.kindúnous idiṓtais a.
** 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 5.8, (in a good sense):τὶν δὲ [sc. Καμαρίνᾳ] κῦδος ἁβρὸν νικάσας ἀνέθηκεtìn dè [sc. Kamarínāi] kûdos habròn nikásas anéthēke
** (middle voice) put on board ship
*** Inscriptiones Graecae 5(1).1421, (from Cyparissia)
* (in prose) refer, attribute, ascribe, credit, compare (something to someone)
** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.134:οὐ γὰρ ἄν οἱ πυραμίδα ἀνέθεσαν ποιήσασθαιou gàr án hoi puramída anéthesan poiḗsasthaiwould not have attributed to her the erection of the pyramid
** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.135:μεγάλα οἱ χρήματα ἀν.megála hoi khrḗmata an.
** 458 BCE, Euripides, Electra 1296:φοίβῳ τήνδ’ ἀναθήσω πρᾶξινphoíbōi tḗnd’ anathḗsō prâxin
** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.64:εἰμή, ὅταν…εὖ πράξητε, ἐμοὶ ἀναθήσετεeimḗ, hótan…eû práxēte, emoì anathḗsetewill give me the credit of it
** 330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 290:οὐ τῷ συμβούλῳ τὴν τοῦ κατορθοῦν ἀνέθηκε δύναμινou tôi sumboúlōi tḕn toû katorthoûn anéthēke dúnamin
** 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, To Demonicus 37:ἀ. τινὶ τὴν αἰτίαν τινόςa. tinì tḕn aitían tinós
** 389 BCE – 314 BCE, Aeschines, On the Embassy 10
** 389 BCE – 314 BCE, Aeschines, Collected Works 29.25:τινὸς τὰς αἰτίας ἀν. τινίtinòs tàs aitías an. tiní
** 346 CE – c. 414 CE, Eunapius, Fragmenta Historica 261.26–29:Ὅτι οὐχ οὕτω παρακεκινηκότες καὶ διεφθαρμένοι τὴν γνώμην, ἀλλὰ δι’ ὑπεροχὴν κακῶν, ἐς Ἰουλιανοῦ καιροὺς καὶ χρόνους τὸν εὐνοῦχον ἀνέθεσάν τινες Εὐτρόπιον.Hóti oukh hoútō parakekinēkótes kaì diephtharménoi tḕn gnṓmēn, allà di’ huperokhḕn kakôn, es Ioulianoû kairoùs kaì khrónous tòn eunoûkhon anéthesán tines Eutrópion.
** entrust (something to someone)
*** 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 1453:ἀ. τινὶ ἅπαντα πράγματαa. tinì hápanta prágmata
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.82:πράγματά τινίprágmatá tiní
* set up as a votive gift, dedicate
** 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 656–658:τινί τιtiní ti
** 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 3.30:ἔλαφον — ἅν ποτε Ταυγέτα ἀντιθεῖσ’ Ὀρθωσίᾷ ἔγραψεν ἱεράνélaphon — hán pote Taugéta antitheîs’ Orthōsíâi égrapsen hierán
** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.159
** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.54
** 388 BCE, Aristophanes, Plutus 1089
** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.13:Ῥήνειαν ἀνέθηκε τῷ ἈπόλλωνιRhḗneian anéthēke tôi Apóllōni
** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.53:ἀνάθημα ἀνατιθέναιanáthēma anatithénai
** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.92:ἀ. τι ἐς Δελφούςa. ti es Delphoús
** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.135
** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.182
** 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Critias 120b:τι εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦ θεοῦti eis tò hieròn toû theoûporter une offrande dans le temple du dieu
** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 235d
** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, fragment 377, (rare):ἐν Δελφοῖςen Delphoîsporter ou déposer des offrandes à Delphes
** Theopompus Comicus, Collected Works 1.D., (less frequent):ἐν Δελφοῖςen Delphoîs
** 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Solon 25
** 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Sulla 6.1
** 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Sulla 6.6
** 3rd century B.C.E., Sylloge Inscriptionum Graecarum 420, (from Delos):ἀ. τινάa. tináset up a statue of…
** Orientis Graeci Inscriptiones Selectae 602, (incorrectly of burial, from Jaffa)
** set up, erect; (figuratively) dedicate
*** 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 5.93.10:[στήλην] παρὰ βωμόν, νεών[stḗlēn] parà bōmón, neṓné’ever un autel
*** 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Publicola 14
*** 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Pythian Ode 8.29, (metaphorical):εἰμὶ δ’ ἄσχολος ἀναθέμεν πᾶσαν μακραγορίαν λύρᾳ τε καὶ φθέγματι μαλθακῷeimì d’ áskholos anathémen pâsan makragorían lúrāi te kaì phthégmati malthakôi
*** 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Paean 9.39:λιτανεύω, ἑκαβόλε, Μοισαίαις ἀνατιθεὶς τέχναισι χρηστήριονlitaneúō, hekabóle, Moisaíais anatitheìs tékhnaisi khrēstḗrion
*** 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 23.5.9:ἀ. τὰς ἀκοὰς τοῖς ἀκροάμασιa. tàs akoàs toîs akroámasigive them up to
** set up and leave in a place
*** 388 BCE, Aristophanes, Plutus 69:ἀ. τινὰ ἐπὶ κρημνόνa. tinà epì krēmnón
*** 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 1.86.6, (on a cross):ἀ. ζῶνταa. zônta
*** 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 24.5.9, (figuratively):τὰς ἀκοάς τινιtàs akoás tiniprêter l’oreille à qqe ch.
* put back, move back
** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 935e:οὐδαμῶς ἀναθετέονoudamôs anathetéonil faut absolument ne pas différer
** 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 476:τί γὰρ παρ’ ἦμαρ ἡμέρα τέρπειν ἔχει, προσθεῖσα κἀναθεῖσα τοῦ γε κατθανεῖνtí gàr par’ êmar hēméra térpein ékhei, prostheîsa kanatheîsa toû ge katthaneînpushing us forward or moving us back on the verge of death
** 500 BCE – 400 BCE, Bacchylides, 11 2
** restore, put back anew
*** 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 7.68
* (middle voice) put upon for oneself
** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 2.2.4:ἀναθέσθαι τὰ σκεύη ἐπὶ τὰ ὑποζύγιαanathésthai tà skeúē epì tà hupozúgia
** 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, On the Olive Stump 19:pack on one’s cart
** 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.983b:τοῖς ὤμοις ἀν. τι(νά)toîs ṓmois an. ti(ná)put on one’s shoulders
** 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Artaxerxes 11, (frequent, like in the active voice):ἀ. τινὰ ἐφ’ ἵππονa. tinà eph’ híppon
** (figuratively) impart, communicate (something) one’s own
*** New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 25:14:τινί τιtiní ti
*** New Testament, Epistle to the Galatians 2:2
*** 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.772d:τινί τιtiní ti
** remit, refer
*** 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 21.46.11:ἀ. περί τινος εἰς σύγκλητονa. perí tinos eis súnklētonrefer the consideration of it to the Senate
*** 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 22.27.11:περί τινος εἰς σύγκλητονperí tinos eis súnklētonen référer au sénat pour qqe ch.
*** 95 CE – 165 CE, Appian, Samnite History 4
* (middle voice) place differently, change around (e.g, the pieces on a draughtsboard)
** Oraculum apud Herodotum 8.77 (varia lectio)
    ἀνὰ πάντα τιθεσθαιanà pánta tithesthai(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** take back a move at pessoi
*** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Hipparchus 229e
** (by extension, figuratively) retract one’s opinion (frequent in Plato)
*** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.2.44:ἀν. τιan. ti
*** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.4.4
*** 380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 462a:ἀνατίθεσθαι ὅ τι δοκεῖanatíthesthai hó ti dokeî
*** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 354e
*** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Charmides 164d
*** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 87a:οὐκ ἀνατίθεμαι μὴ οὐχὶouk anatíthemai mḕ oukhìretract and say this is not so
*** 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Meno 89d:οὐκ ἀ. μὴ οὐ καλὼς λέγεσθαιouk a. mḕ ou kalṑs légesthai
*** 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, The Mistaken Critic 29:ἀνατιθέμενος τὸ διημαρτημένονanatithémenos tò diēmartēménon

#### Derived terms

* ἀνάθεμα (anáthema)
* ἀνάθημα (anáthēma)
* κἀνατίθημι (kanatíthēmi)

#### See also

* ἀνάκειμαι (anákeimai) (which functions as a passive of ἀνατίθημι)

### Further reading

* “ἀνατίθημι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* ἀνατίθημι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* ἀνατίθημι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* ἀνατίθημι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
* “ἀνατίθημι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “ἀνατίθημι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* G394 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. ascribe idem, page 43.commend idem, page 147.commit idem, page 148.consecrate idem, page 162.dedicate idem, page 202.devote idem, page 220.impute idem, page 425.intrust idem, page 455.lay idem, page 480.offer idem, page 571.recant idem, page 678.refer idem, page 684.retract idem, page 707.unsay idem, page 931.votive idem, page 957.vow idem, page 958.withdraw idem, page 984.