hekatomba

== Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin hecatombē. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xɛ.kaˈtɔm.ba/ Rhymes: -ɔmba Syllabification: he‧ka‧tom‧ba === Noun === hekatomba f (Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, historical) hecatomb (great public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen; great number of animals reserved for such a sacrifice; great public sacrifice in other religions) (figurative, literary) hecatomb (sacrifice of many lives for a cause) Synonyms: koszmar, zagłada (figurative, literary) hecatomb (great number of animals, people, or things that are sacrificed or destroyed; any great sacrifice) Synonym: ofiara ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === hekatomba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN hekatomba in Polish dictionaries at PWN