HECATOMB


Meaning of HECATOMB in English

[ 'hɛkətu:m ]

■ noun (in ancient Greece or Rome) a great public sacrifice, originally of a hundred oxen.

Origin

C16: via L. from Gk hekatombē (from hekaton 'hundred' + bous 'ox').

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