ecatombe
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin hecatombē, from Ancient Greek ἑκατόμβη (hekatómbē).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ecatombe f (plural ecatombi)
- (historical, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome) a great feast and public sacrifice to the gods (originally of a hundred oxen); hecatomb
- (by extension) slaughter, massacre
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- Rhymes:Italian/ombe
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- it:Ancient Greece
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