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Webster 1913 Edition


Hecatomb

Hec′a-tomb

,
Noun.
[L.
hecatombe
, Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] hundred + [GREEK] ox: cf. F.
hécatombe
.]
(Antiq.)
A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time; hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of victims.
Slaughtered
hecatombs
around them bleed.
Addison.
More than a human
hecatomb
.
Byron.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hecatomb

HEC'ATOMB

,
Noun.
[L. hecatombe; Gr. a hundred, and an ox.]
In antiquity, a sacrifice of a hundred altars, and by a hundred priests.