ecatombe
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin hecatombē, from Ancient Greek ἑκατόμβη (hekatómbē).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ecatombe f (plural ecatombi)
- (historical, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome) a great feast and public sacrifice to the gods (originally of a hundred oxen); hecatomb
- (by extension) slaughter, massacre
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- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Italian 4-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ombe
- Rhymes:Italian/ombe/4 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian terms with historical senses
- it:Ancient Greece
- it:Ancient Rome