hecatombn.

Brit.

/ˈhɛkətuːm/,

/ˈhɛkətɒm/, U.S.

/ˈhɛkəˌtoʊm/

Etymology: < Latin hecatombē, < Greek ἑκατόμβη, properly, ‘an offering of a hundred oxen’ ( < ἑκατόν hundred + βοῦς ox), but even in Homer meaning simply ‘a great public sacrifice’ not necessarily confined to oxen. Compare French hecatombe (15–16th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter, 1611 in Cotgrave).

1. A great public sacrifice (properly of a hundred oxen) among the ancient Greeks and Romans, and hence extended to the religious sacrifices of other nations; a large number of animals offered or set apart for a sacrifice.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [noun] > of animal > of oxen

hecatomba1592

chiliomb1706

a1592 H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 391 Augustus had been very liberal in making the great sacrifice called hecatomb.

1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie ii. v. sig. E5^v I'le offer to thy shrine, An Heccatombe, of many spottedkine [sic].

1659 T. Pecke Parnassi Puerperium 157 For many Laurel wreaths, the Prince of Rome, The Gods presented with an Hecatomb.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. i. 121 A whole hecatomb in Chrysa bled.

1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) i. ii. 18 Great expiations had a hecatomb.

1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico I. i. iii. 58 His altars reeked with the blood of human hecatombs in every city of the empire.

2. transferred and figurative. A sacrifice of many victims; a great number of persons, animals, or things, presented as an offering, or devoted to destruction; loosely, a large number or quantity, a ‘heap’.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [noun] > of many or on a large scale

hecatomb1598

holocaust1868

1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 70 O Hecatombe! ô Catastrophe! From Mydas pompe, to Irus beggery.

a1657 G. Daniel Poems (1878) I. 85 Whole Hecatombes of Tribute Rhimes.

1713 T. Parnell in Guardian 27 May 2/1 A Hecatomb of Reputations was that Day to fall for her Pleasure.

1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 19 Hecatombs of broken hearts.

1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such xi. 197 Some of us might be offering grateful hecatombs by mistake.

Derivatives

ˈhecatomb v. (transitive) to furnish with a hecatomb.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [verb (transitive)] > sacrifice many

hecatomba1745

a1745 J. Swift Misc. Poems (1807) 37 Bid a hundred sons be born, To hecatomb the year.

1807 J. Barlow Columbiad iv. 145 What altars hecatomb'd with Christian gore!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hecatomb
释义	hecatombn. Brit. /ˈhɛkətuːm/, /ˈhɛkətɒm/, U.S. /ˈhɛkəˌtoʊm/ Etymology: < Latin hecatombē, < Greek ἑκατόμβη, properly, ‘an offering of a hundred oxen’ ( < ἑκατόν hundred + βοῦς ox), but even in Homer meaning simply ‘a great public sacrifice’ not necessarily confined to oxen. Compare French hecatombe (15–16th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter, 1611 in Cotgrave). 1. A great public sacrifice (properly of a hundred oxen) among the ancient Greeks and Romans, and hence extended to the religious sacrifices of other nations; a large number of animals offered or set apart for a sacrifice. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [noun] > of animal > of oxen hecatomba1592 chiliomb1706 a1592 H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 391 Augustus had been very liberal in making the great sacrifice called hecatomb. 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie ii. v. sig. E5^v I'le offer to thy shrine, An Heccatombe, of many spottedkine [sic]. 1659 T. Pecke Parnassi Puerperium 157 For many Laurel wreaths, the Prince of Rome, The Gods presented with an Hecatomb. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. i. 121 A whole hecatomb in Chrysa bled. 1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) i. ii. 18 Great expiations had a hecatomb. 1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico I. i. iii. 58 His altars reeked with the blood of human hecatombs in every city of the empire. 2. transferred and figurative. A sacrifice of many victims; a great number of persons, animals, or things, presented as an offering, or devoted to destruction; loosely, a large number or quantity, a ‘heap’. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [noun] > of many or on a large scale hecatomb1598 holocaust1868 1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 70 O Hecatombe! ô Catastrophe! From Mydas pompe, to Irus beggery. a1657 G. Daniel Poems (1878) I. 85 Whole Hecatombes of Tribute Rhimes. 1713 T. Parnell in Guardian 27 May 2/1 A Hecatomb of Reputations was that Day to fall for her Pleasure. 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 19 Hecatombs of broken hearts. 1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such xi. 197 Some of us might be offering grateful hecatombs by mistake. Derivatives ˈhecatomb v. (transitive) to furnish with a hecatomb. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [verb (transitive)] > sacrifice many hecatomba1745 a1745 J. Swift Misc. Poems (1807) 37 Bid a hundred sons be born, To hecatomb the year. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad iv. 145 What altars hecatomb'd with Christian gore! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1592
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