ecatombe
Italian
Etymology
From Latin hecatombē, from Ancient Greek ἑκατόμβη (hekatómbē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.kaˈtom.be/, [ekäˈt̪o̞mbe]
- Rhymes: -ombe
- Stress: ecatómbe
- Hyphenation: e‧ca‧tom‧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
- (slaughter): carneficina, eccidio, massacro, mattanza, sterminio, strage
Related terms
- tomba