ἑκατόμβη
ἑκᾰτόμ-βη, ἡ,
ἑκατόν, βοῦς
properly an offering of a hundred oxen, — but generally, a great public sacrifice:—thus, in Il. we find a hecatomb of twelve oxen, in Od. of eighty-one.
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