hecatombe

See also: hécatombe

Dutch

Alternative forms

• hekatombe

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hecatombe, from Ancient Greek ἑκατόμβη (hekatómbē).

Pronunciation

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Noun

hecatombe f (plural hecatomben or hecatombes)

1. (Greco-Roman religion) hecatomb, public sacrifice involving many sacrificial animals.
2. (figuratively) carnage, massacre, any great loss of life whether intentional or not.

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑκατόμβη (hekatómbē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /he.kaˈtom.beː/, [hɛkäˈt̪ɔmbeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.kaˈtom.be/, [ekäˈt̪ɔmbe]

Noun

hecatombē f (genitive hecatombēs); first declension

1. a hecatomb

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hecatombē	hecatombae
Genitive	hecatombēs	hecatombārum
Dative	hecatombae	hecatombīs
Accusative	hecatombēn	hecatombās
Ablative	hecatombē	hecatombīs
Vocative	hecatombē	hecatombae

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

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Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin hecatombē.

Noun

hecatombe f (plural hecatombes)

1. hecatomb