hecatombe

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

hĕcătombē, ēs, f., = ἑκατόμβη,

a great sacrifice of a hundred oxen , a hecatomb (ante- and post-class.): facere hecatomben, Varr. ap. Non. 131, 19; Juv. 12, 101 al.—In plur.: celebratis hecatombis, Treb. Gall. 9.— Dim. hĕcătombĭon , ii, n., Sid. Carm. 9, 205.

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