hecatombe
μηδὲν κοτυλίζειν, ἀλλὰ καταπάττειν χύδην → not to sell by the cupful, but to dole out indiscriminately | not to sell by retail but wholesale
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.
