hecatomb
Meaninga hundred (oxen)
Common meaning: a great sacrifice
- hecata hundredLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 429 · scan
- ombox (Greek bous)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek ἑκατόν ‘a hundred’.
Roots
- ἑκατόν Greek “a hundred”
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