hekatomba
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See also: hekatombą
Polish
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Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin hecatombē.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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)
- (figurative, literary) hecatomb (great number of animals, people, or things that are sacrificed or destroyed; any great sacrifice)
- Synonym: ofiara
Declension
[edit]Declension of hekatomba
singular | plural | |
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nominative | hekatomba | hekatomby |
genitive | hekatomby | hekatomb |
dative | hekatombie | hekatombom |
accusative | hekatombę | hekatomby |
instrumental | hekatombą | hekatombami |
locative | hekatombie | hekatombach |
vocative | hekatombo | hekatomby |
Further reading
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- Polish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Polish terms borrowed from Latin
- Polish learned borrowings from Latin
- Polish terms derived from Latin
- Polish 4-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɔmba
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔmba/4 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- pl:Ancient Greece
- pl:Ancient Rome
- Polish terms with historical senses
- Polish literary terms
- pl:Hundred
- pl:Murder