hecatombe

== Dutch == === Alternative forms === hekatombe === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin hecatombe, from Ancient Greek ἑκατόμβη (hekatómbē). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɦeː.kɑˈtɔm.bə/ === Noun === hecatombe f (plural hecatomben or hecatombes, no diminutive) (Greco-Roman religion) hecatomb, public sacrifice involving many sacrificial animals (figuratively) carnage, massacre, any great loss of life whether intentional or not == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἑκατόμβη (hekatómbē). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɛ.kaˈtɔm.beː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.kaˈtɔm.be] === Noun === hecatombē f (genitive hecatombēs); first declension a hecatomb, a great sacrifice of a hundred oxen ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē). === References === “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 == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === hecatomba === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin hecatombē, from Ancient Greek ἑκατόμβη (hekatómbē). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: he‧ca‧tom‧be === Noun === hecatombe f (plural hecatombes) (Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome) hecatomb (figurative) slaughter, bloodbath (figurative) disaster, catastrophe, calamity ==== Related terms ==== cem boi === References === === Further reading === “hecatombe”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin hecatombē. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ekaˈtombe/ [e.kaˈt̪õm.be] Rhymes: -ombe Syllabification: he‧ca‧tom‧be === Noun === hecatombe f (plural hecatombes) slaughter; bloodbath hecatomb === Further reading === “hecatombe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025