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1.
(in ancient Greece and Rome) a public sacrifice of 100 oxen to the gods.
2.
any great slaughter: the hecatombs of modern wars.
Origin:
1585–95; < Latin hecatombē < Greek hekatómbē < *hekatombwā, equivalent to hékaton one hundred + *-bwā, taken to be a derivative of boûs ox (see cow1)
1585–95; < Latin hecatombē < Greek hekatómbē < *hekatombwā, equivalent to hékaton one hundred + *-bwā, taken to be a derivative of boûs ox (see cow1)
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hecatomb
1592, from Gk. hekatombe "offering of 100 oxen," from hekaton "one hundred" (from on "one" + *katon "hundred") + bous "ox."
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