hecatombe
ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
hĕcătombē: ēs, f., = ἑκατόμβη,
I a great sacrifice of a hundred oxen, a hecatomb (ante- and post-class.): facere hecatomben, Varr. ap. Non. 131, 19; Juv. 12, 101 al.—In plur.: celebratis hecatombis, Treb. Gall. 9.—Dim. hĕcătombĭon, ii, n., Sid. Carm. 9, 205.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
hĕcătombē,¹⁶ ēs, f. (ἑκατόμβη), hécatombe [sacrifice de cent victimes, bœufs ou autres] : Juv. 12, 101.
Latin > German (Georges)
hecatombē, ēs, Akk. ēn, f. (εκατόμβη), ein feierliches Opfer von hundert Ochsen od. anderen Tieren, übh. jedes große öffentliche Opfer, eine Hekatombe (s. Capit. Maxim. et Balb. 11, 5), hec. pura ac puta, Varro sat. Men. 98: hecatomben promittere, Iuven. 12, 101. Vopisc. Tac. 12, 1: hecatomben facere (darbringen, opfern), Varro sat. Men. 100. Capit. Maxim, duo 24, 7: Plur., celebratis hecatombis, Treb. Poll. Gallien. 9, 4. – Dav. Demin, hecatombion, iī, n., eine kleine Hekatombe, Sidon. carm. 9, 205.
