HECATOMB
hecatomb
(noun) a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hecatomb (plural hecatombs)
(Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome) A great feast and public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen.
(by extension) Any great sacrifice; a great number of people, animals or things, especially as sacrificed or destroyed; a large amount.
Source: Wiktionary
Hec"a*tomb, n. Etym: [L. hecatombe, Gr. hécatombe.] (Antiq.)
Definition: A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time; hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of victims. Slaughtered hecatombs around them bleed. Addison. More than a human hecatomb. Byron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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