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Italian
Etymology
From Latin hecatombē, from Ancient Greek ἑκατόμβη (hekatómbē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.kaˈtom.be/
- Rhymes: -ombe
- Hyphenation: e‧ca‧tóm‧be
Noun
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
- Synonyms: carneficina, eccidio, massacro, mattanza, sterminio, strage