HECATOMB


Meaning of HECATOMB in English

n. 1 (in ancient Greece or Rome) a great public sacrifice, orig. of 100 oxen. 2 any extensive sacrifice.

[ L hecatombe f. Gk hekatombe f. hekaton hundred + bous ox ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.