COMPOUND: ἑκατόμβη, -ης
CATEGORIZATION: N [A+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘an offering of a hundred oxen; sacrifice‘
ETYMOLOGY: ἑκατόν ‘a hundred’ + noun root β(-ο)- (βοῦς, βοός) ‘bull, ox, cow’ + noun suf. -η, -ης
OCCURRENCE: Il. I, 65, 93, 99, 142, 309, 315, 431, 438, 443, 447; II, 306, 321; IV, 102, 120; VI 115, 236; VII, 450; IX, 535; XII, 6; XXIII, 146, 206, 864, 873; Od. I, 25; III, 59, 144; IV, 352, 478, 582; V, 102; VII, 202; XI, 132; XIII, 350; XVII, 50, 59; XIX, 366; XX, 276; XXIII, 279.
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: gen. f. sg., acc. sg., acc. pl.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – dvigu
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