Associations to the word «Hecatomb»

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

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Aldous Huxley