hecatombe

• hekatombe

Borrowed from Latin hecatombe, from Ancient Greek ἑκατόμβη (hekatómbē).

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hecatombe f (plural hecatomben or hecatombes)

1. (Greco-Roman religion) hecatomb, public sacrifice involving many sacrificial animals.
2. (figuratively) carnage, massacre, any great loss of life whether intentional or not.

From Ancient Greek ἑκατόμβη (hekatómbē).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /he.kaˈtom.beː/, [hɛ.kaˈtɔm.beː]

hecatombē f (genitive hecatombēs); first declension

1. a hecatomb

First declension, Greek type.

• hecatombe in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hecatombe in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hecatombe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• hecatombe in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hecatombe in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

From Latin hecatombē.

hecatombe f (plural hecatombes)

1. hecatomb