hecatomb
he·ca·tomb
hecatomb · hecatombs · hecatombed · hecatombing
To provide with a hecatombTo provide (someone or something) with a hecatomb.
UK/ˈhɛkətuːm/US/ˈhɛkətoʊm/
Meaning
1 sensesTo provide (someone or something) with a hecatomb.
Origin
The noun is a learned borrowing from Latin hecatombē (“great sacrifice of a hundred oxen,The noun is a learned borrowing from Latin hecatombē (“great sacrifice of a hundred oxen, hecatomb”), from Ancient Greek ἑκατόμβη (hekatómbē, “great sacrifice of a hundred oxen, hecatomb; any animal sacrifice or large sacrifice”, from ἑκᾰτόν (hekătón, “hundred”) + βοῦς (boûs, “cattle, cow, ox”)).
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Forms
hecatombs, hecatombing, hecatombed, hecatombed| Base form | hecatomb · to hecatomb |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | hecatombs |
| Present participle | hecatombing |
| Past simple | hecatombed |
| Past participle | hecatombed |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.