hekatomba

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See also: hekatombą

Polish

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hekatomba

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin hecatombē.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xɛ.kaˈtɔm.ba/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔmba
  • Syllabification: he‧ka‧tom‧ba

Noun

hekatomba f

  1. (Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, historical) hecatomb (great public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen; great number of animals reserved for such a sacrifice; great public sacrifice in other religions)
  2. (figurative, literary) hecatomb (sacrifice of many lives for a cause)
    Synonyms: koszmar, zagłada
  3. (figurative, literary) hecatomb (great number of animals, people, or things that are sacrificed or destroyed; any great sacrifice)
    Synonym: ofiara

Declension

Further reading

  • hekatomba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • hekatomba in Polish dictionaries at PWN