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Definition of Hecatomb
1. Noun. A great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen.
Definition of Hecatomb
1. n. A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time; hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of victims.
Definition of Hecatomb
1. Noun. (historical) In ancient Greece or Rome, a great feast and public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen. ¹
2. Noun. Any great sacrifice; a great number of people, animals or things, especially as sacrificed or destroyed; a large amount. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hecatomb
1. a great sacrifice or slaughter [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hecatomb
Literary usage of Hecatomb
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... and of oarsmen a full score Gather'd thereon, embarking for the God A hecatomb
of oxen, and aboard Led and bade fair Chryse'is to a seat; With whom, ..."
2. Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, by Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1841)
"t Sometimes fruit or flowers alone were presented to certain Deities, as to Pomona
and others ; and sometimes a hecatomb was offered on great occasions, ..."
3. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages by Joseph Haydn, Benjamin Vincent (1889)
"Hebron, laid to contain the remains of Abraham and his descendants. hecatomb, an
ancient sacrifice of a hundred oxen, particularly observed by the ..."
4. Herodotus by Herodotus (1812)
"... when Jason had constructed the Argo at the foot of Mount Pelion, he carried
on board a hecatomb for sacrifice, with a brazen tripod: he sailed round the ..."
5. Memoirs of His Own Time: Including the Revolution, the Empire, and the by Mathieu Dumas, Christian Léon Dumas (1839)
"The highest price was really fixed upon our heads, since nobody could receive us
under his roof without hazarding his own. a crime: by the hecatomb of all ..."
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