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ecatombe.

a great feast and public sacrifice to the gods (originally of a hundred oxen); hecatomb

8 characters4 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/e.kaˈtom.be/
  1. a great feast and public sacrifice to the gods (originally of a hundred oxen); hecatomb

    Ancient-Rome · feminine · historical
  2. slaughter, massacre

    broadly · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Latin hecatombē, from Ancient Greek ἑκατόμβη (hekatómbē).

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