Hec"a*tomb (?), n. [L.
hecatombe, Gr. ?; ? hundred + ? ox: cf. F.
hécatombe.] (Antiq.) A sacrifice of a
hundred oxen or cattle at the same time; hence, the sacrifice or
slaughter of any large number of victims.
Slaughtered hecatombs around them
bleed.
Addison.
More than a human hecatomb.
Byron.