hecatomb

English - Turkish

Definition of hecatomb in English Turkish dictionary: katliam; eski zamanlarda yüz öküzden ibaret kurban; (isim) yüz hayvan kurban etme adeti, toplu katliam, katliam; {i} toplu katliam; büyük çapta kan dökümü

English - English

Definition of hecatomb in English English dictionary: Hence loosely, any great sacrifice; a great number of people, animals or things; a large amount; In ancient Greece or Rome, a great feast and public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen; {n} a sacrifice of an hundred oxen; A religious sacrifice of 100 animals, or any mass slaughter; a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen; {i} public sacrifice and banquet in ancient Rome or Greece that involved the mass killing of 100 cattle or oxen; large sacrifice; A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time; hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of victims