hekatomba

See also: hekatombą

Polish

hekatomba

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin hecatombē.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɛ.kaˈtɔm.ba/

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• 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

Declension of hekatomba

	singular	plural
nominative	hekatomba	hekatomby
genitive	hekatomby	hekatomb
dative	hekatombie	hekatombom
accusative	hekatombę	hekatomby
instrumental	hekatombą	hekatombami
locative	hekatombie	hekatombach
vocative	hekatombo	hekatomby

Further reading

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