Associations to the word «Hecatomb»

Wiktionary

HECATOMB, noun. (historical) In ancient Greece or Rome, a great feast and public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen.
HECATOMB, noun. Any great sacrifice; a great number of people, animals or things, especially as sacrificed or destroyed; a large amount.

Dictionary definition

HECATOMB, noun. A great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen.

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche