- hecatombs
- hec·a·tomb || 'hekÉ™təʊm /-tuËm n. public sacrifice and banquet in ancient Rome or Greece that involved the mass killing of 100 cattle or oxen; large sacrifice
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ἑκατομβαίων — ἑκατόμβαιος to whom hecatombs were offered fem gen pl ἑκατόμβαιος to whom hecatombs were offered masc/neut gen pl … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
ἑκατόμβαιον — ἑκατόμβαιος to whom hecatombs were offered masc acc sg ἑκατόμβαιος to whom hecatombs were offered neut nom/voc/acc sg … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
Hecatomb — Hec a*tomb, n. [L. hecatombe, Gr. ?; ? hundred + ? ox: cf. F. h[ e]catombe.] (Antiq.) A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time; hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of victims. [1913 Webster] Slaughtered hecatombs … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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