ἑκατόμβη
hekatombe
an offering of a hundred oxen
Appears 38 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἑκατόμβη, ἡ, (ἑκατόν, βοῦς) prop. A. an offering of a hundred oxen; but even in , generally, sacrifice, Il. 6.115 (apptly. of twelve oxen, cf. 93), Od. 3.59 ; of bulls and goats, Il. 1.315 ; of fifty rams, 23.146 ; of three victims, Schwyzer 726.19 (Milet.) ; Com., πουλυπόδων ἑ. 41.29 (anap.) ; ᾠῶν ἑ. 8.4 : metaph., ὅστις στρατηγεῖ μὴ στρατιώτης γενόμενος οὗτος ἑ. ἐξάγει τοῖς πολεμίοις 640. II. name of an eye-salve, Trall.2. III. festival at Geronthrae, IG 5(1).1120.
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