hekatomba
See also: hekatombą
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin hecatombē.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hekatomba f
- (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)
- (figurative, literary) hecatomb (sacrifice of many lives for a cause)
- (figurative, literary) hecatomb (great number of animals, people, or things that are sacrificed or destroyed; any great sacrifice)
- Synonym: ofiara
Declension edit
Declension of hekatomba
singular | plural | |
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nominative | hekatomba | hekatomby |
genitive | hekatomby | hekatomb |
dative | hekatombie | hekatombom |
accusative | hekatombę | hekatomby |
instrumental | hekatombą | hekatombami |
locative | hekatombie | hekatombach |
vocative | hekatombo | hekatomby |