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{{also|hécatombe}}
==Dutch==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|nl|hekatombe}}

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|nl|la|hecatombe}}, from {{der|nl|grc|ἑκατόμβη}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/ˌɦeː.kɑˈtɔm.bə/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-hecatombe.ogg}}

===Noun===
{{nl-noun|f|-en|pl2=-s|-}}

# {{lb|nl|Greco-Roman|_|religion}} [[hecatomb]], public [[sacrifice]] involving many [[sacrificial]] animals
# {{lb|nl|figuratively}} [[carnage]], [[massacre]], any great loss of life whether intentional or not

==Latin==

===Etymology===
From {{der|la|grc|ἑκατόμβη|}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{la-IPA|hecatombē}}

===Noun===
{{la-noun|hecatombē<1>}}

# a [[hecatomb]], a great [[sacrifice]] of a hundred [[oxen]]

====Declension====
{{la-ndecl|hecatombē<1>}}

===References===
* {{R:L&S}}
* {{R:Elementary Lewis}}
* {{R:Gaffiot}}
* {{R:Peck}}
* {{R:Smith's Antiquities}}

==Portuguese==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|pt|hecatomba}}

===Etymology===
{{root|pt|ine-pro|*gʷṓws}}
{{lbor|pt|la|hecatombē}},<ref>{{R:pt:Infopédia}}</ref> from {{der|pt|grc|ἑκατόμβη}}.<ref>{{R:pt:Priberam}}</ref>

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA|hècatombe}}
* {{hyphenation|pt|he|ca|tom|be}}

===Noun===
{{pt-noun|f}}

# {{lb|pt|Ancient Greece|Ancient Rome}} [[hecatomb]]
# {{lb|pt|figurative}} [[slaughter]], [[bloodbath]]
# {{lb|pt|figurative}} [[disaster]], [[catastrophe]], [[calamity]]

====Related terms====
* {{l|pt|cem}}
* {{l|pt|boi}}

===References===
<references/>

==Spanish==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|es|la|hecatombē}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr}}

===Noun===
{{es-noun|f}}

# [[slaughter]]; [[bloodbath]]
#* {{RQ:Galdós Gloria|passage=la excelente mujer no durmió en la noche del 24, porque toda ella se la pasó de claro en claro, ora batiendo huevos, que por centenares fueron vaciados en un desaforado artesón; ora desplumando aves, que al anochecer perecieron en horrorosa '''hecatombe'''.|t=The most excellent woman did not sleep on the night of the 24th, because she spent it sleeplessly, be it beating eggs, which were emptied by the hundreds into an outrageous coffer; plucking birds, which at nightfall perished in a horrifying '''slaughter'''.}}
# [[hecatomb]]
#* {{quote-web|es|url=https://elpais.com/espana/elecciones-madrid/2021-05-03/de-la-libertad-a-las-amenazas-de-muerte-seis-instantes-clave-de-la-campana-mas-polemica.html|title=De la libertad a las amenazas de muerte: seis instantes clave de la campaña más polémica|date=2021-05-03|author=Juan José Mateo|work=El País|text=Si no la consigue, y tras la '''hecatombe''' de las últimas generales y las últimas catalanas, certificará que el proyecto que impulsó Albert Rivera a escala nacional en 2015 corre peligro de muerte.|t=If he does not get it, and after the '''hecatomb''' of the last general elections and the last Catalan ones, he will certify that the project promoted by Albert Rivera on a national scale in 2015 is in danger of death.}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:es:DRAE}}