Associations to the word «Hecatomb»
Noun
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Wiktionary
HECATOMB, noun. (historical) In ancient Greece or Rome, a great feast and public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen.
HECATOMB, noun. Any great sacrifice; a great number of people, animals or things, especially as sacrificed or destroyed; a large amount.
Dictionary definition
HECATOMB, noun. A great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen.
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.