hecatombe
See also: hécatombe
Dutch
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin hecatombe, from Ancient Greek ἑκατόμβη (hekatómbē).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithecatombe f (plural hecatomben or hecatombes)
- (Greco-Roman religion) hecatomb, public sacrifice involving many sacrificial animals.
- (figuratively) carnage, massacre, any great loss of life whether intentional or not.
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ἑκατόμβη (hekatómbē).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /he.kaˈtom.beː/, [hɛkäˈt̪ɔmbeː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.kaˈtom.be/, [ekäˈt̪ɔmbe]
Noun
edithecatombē f (genitive hecatombēs); first declension
Declension
editFirst-declension noun (Greek-type).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | hecatombē | hecatombae |
Genitive | hecatombēs | hecatombārum |
Dative | hecatombae | hecatombīs |
Accusative | hecatombēn | hecatombās |
Ablative | hecatombē | hecatombīs |
Vocative | hecatombē | hecatombae |
References
edit- “hecatombe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “hecatombe”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- hecatombe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “hecatombe”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “hecatombe”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Portuguese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin hecatombē,[1] from Ancient Greek ἑκατόμβη (hekatómbē).[2]
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: he‧ca‧tom‧be
Noun
edithecatombe f (plural hecatombes)
- (Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome) hecatomb
- (figurative) slaughter, bloodbath
- (figurative) disaster, catastrophe, calamity
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ “hecatombe”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “hecatombe”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin hecatombē.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithecatombe f (plural hecatombes)
- slaughter; bloodbath
- 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:
- la excelente mujer no durmió en la noche del 24, porque toda ella se la pasó de claro en claro, ora batiendo huevos, que por centenares fueron vaciados en un desaforado artesón; ora desplumando aves, que al anochecer perecieron en horrorosa hecatombe.
- The most excellent woman did not sleep on the night of the 24th, because she spent it sleeplessly, be it beating eggs, which were emptied by the hundreds into an outrageous coffer; plucking birds, which at nightfall perished in a horrifying slaughter.
- hecatomb
- 2021 May 3, Juan José Mateo, “De la libertad a las amenazas de muerte: seis instantes clave de la campaña más polémica”, in El País[1]:
- Si no la consigue, y tras la hecatombe de las últimas generales y las últimas catalanas, certificará que el proyecto que impulsó Albert Rivera a escala nacional en 2015 corre peligro de muerte.
- If he does not get it, and after the hecatomb of the last general elections and the last Catalan ones, he will certify that the project promoted by Albert Rivera on a national scale in 2015 is in danger of death.
Further reading
edit- “hecatombe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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