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LNS
hecatombē, hecatombēs
hecatombe
ἑκατόμβη
noun (f., 1
st
Greek declension)
a great sacrifice of a hundred oxen, a hecatomb
Abbreviations
hecatombē, ēs, f.
, = ἑκατόμβη, a great sacrifice of a hundred oxen, a hecatomb (ante- and post-class.): facere hecatomben, Varr. ap. Non. 131, 19; Juv. 12, 101 al.
—In plur.: celebratis hecatombis, Treb. Gall. 9.
—Dim. hecatombion, ii, n., Sid. Carm. 9, 205.