HECATOMB


Meaning of HECATOMB in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhekətəum ]

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]

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