O be propitious, powerfull God of Arts, / I sheathe my weapons, and doe breake my darts, / Be then appeas'd, I'le offer to thy shrine, / An Heccatombe, of many spotted kine.
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Hecatomb
//ˈhɛkətuːm//
Synonyms for "hecatomb" (108 found)
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31 translations across 25 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἑκατόμβη noun (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)
Catalan
1 entries- hecatombe noun (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)
Czech
1 entries- hekatomba noun (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)
Dutch
1 entries- hekatombe noun (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)
Finnish
4 entries- hekatombi noun (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)
- hekatombi noun (great number of people, animals, or things that are sacrificed or destroyed; any great sacrifice)
- suuri uhraus noun (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)
- suuri uhraus noun (great number of people, animals, or things that are sacrificed or destroyed; any great sacrifice)
French
1 entries- hécatombe noun (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)
Galician
1 entries- hecatombe noun (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)
German
1 entries- Hekatombe noun (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)
Greek
1 entries- εκατόμβη noun (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)
Hungarian
1 entries- hekatombé noun (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)
Indonesian
1 entries- hekatombe noun (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)
Italian
1 entries- ecatombe noun (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)
Korean
1 entries- 헤카톰베 noun (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)
Latin
1 entries- hecatombē noun (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)
Lithuanian
1 entries- hekatomba noun (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)
Macedonian
2 entries- го́лема жр́тва noun (great number of people, animals, or things that are sacrificed or destroyed; any great sacrifice)
- хекато́мба noun (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)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- hekatombe noun (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)
Polish
2 entries- hekatomba noun (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)
- hekatomba noun (great number of people, animals, or things that are sacrificed or destroyed; any great sacrifice)
Portuguese
1 entries- hecatombe noun (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)
Romanian
1 entries- hecatombă noun (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)
Russian
1 entries- гекато́мба noun (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)
Slovene
1 entries- hekatomba noun (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)
Spanish
1 entries- hecatombe noun (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)
Swedish
1 entries- hekatomb noun (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)
Ukrainian
1 entries- гекато́мба noun (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)
Sample sentences
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[B]oth the muſes and the graces are his hard Miſtriſſes, though he daily Invocate them, though he ſacrifize Hecatombs, they ſtil look a ſquint, […]
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But haſte, conſult vve quick ſome prophet here / […] that vve may learn / By vvhat crime vve have thus incenſed Apollo, / VVhat broken vovv, vvhat hecatomb unpaid / He charges on us, and if ſoothed vvith ſteam / Of lambs and goats unblemiſh'd, he may yet / Be vvon to ſpare us, and avert the plague.
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[I]n th' olden time / Some sacrifices ask'd a single victim, / Great expiations had a hecatomb.
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