ἑκατόμβη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἑκατόν (hekatón, “hundred”) + βοῦς (boûs, “ox”).

Noun

ἑκατόμβη • (hekatómbē) f (genitive ἑκατόμβης); first declension

  1. hecatomb, an offering of a hundred cattle
  2. animal sacrifice in general

Inflection
First declension of ἑκατόμβη; ἑκατόμβης (Epic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἑκατόμβη
hekatómbē		 ἑκατόμβᾱ
hekatómbā		 ἑκατόμβαι
hekatómbai
Genitive ἑκατόμβης
hekatómbēs		 ἑκατόμβαιν / ἑκατόμβαιῐν / ἑκατόμβῃῐν
hekatómbai(i)n / hekatómbēiin		 ἑκατομβᾱ́ων / ἑκατομβέ͜ων / ἑκατομβῶν
hekatombā́ōn / hekatombé͜ōn / hekatombôn
Dative ἑκατόμβῃ
hekatómbēi		 ἑκατόμβαιν / ἑκατόμβαιῐν / ἑκατόμβῃῐν
hekatómbai(i)n / hekatómbēiin		 ἑκατόμβῃσῐ / ἑκατόμβῃσῐν / ἑκατόμβῃς / ἑκατόμβαις
hekatómbēisi(n) / hekatómbēis / hekatómbais
Accusative ἑκατόμβην
hekatómbēn		 ἑκατόμβᾱ
hekatómbā		 ἑκατόμβᾱς
hekatómbās
Vocative ἑκατόμβη
hekatómbē		 ἑκατόμβᾱ
hekatómbā		 ἑκατόμβαι
hekatómbai
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Greek: εκατόμβη (ekatómvi)
  • → Latin: hecatombē

Further reading
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