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What is a hectatomb?

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Anonymous

∙ 9y ago
Updated: 9/26/2023

It's hecatomb. hecatomb (ˈhɛkəˌtəʊm; -ˌtuːm)

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  1. (Historical Terms) (in ancient Greece or Rome) any great public sacrifice and feast, originally one in which 100 oxen were sacrificed

  2. a great sacrifice

[C16: from Latin hecatombē, from Greek hekatombē, from hekaton hundred + bous ox]

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