hecatomb

Meaning

Noun

  • A great feast and public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen.
  • Any great sacrifice; a great number of people, animals or things, especially as sacrificed or destroyed; a large amount.

Origin

  • From Latin hecatombē, from Ancient Greek ἑκατόμβη, from ἑκατόν + βοῦς.

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