Hecuba

See also: Hécuba

English

Alternative forms

Hecabe, Hekabe

Etymology

From Latin Hecuba, from Ancient Greek Ἑκάβη (Hekábē).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɛkjʊbə/

Proper noun

Hecuba

(Greek mythology) the wife of King Priam of Troy, the mother of Hector, Paris and the Cassandra

Translations

the wife of King Priam

Armenian: Հեկուբ (Hekub), Հեկուբե (Hekube)
French: Hécube (fr)
German: Hekabe, Hekuba
Greek: Εκάβη (el) (Ekávi)
Ancient: Ἑκάβη (Hekábē)
Italian: Ecuba, Ecabe
Latin: Hecuba, Hecubē
Russian: Геку́ба (ru) (Gekúba), Гека́ба (Gekába)
Spanish: Hécuba (es)
Swedish: Hekabe

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑκάβη (Hekábē).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhe.ku.ba/, [ˈhɛkʊbä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ku.ba/, [ˈɛːkubä]

Proper noun

Hecuba f sg (genitive Hecubae); first declension

(Greek mythology) The wife of Priamus who changed through rage into a dog
An ugly old woman

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Hecuba
Genitive	Hecubae
Dative	Hecubae
Accusative	Hecubam
Ablative	Hecubā
Vocative	Hecuba

References

“Hecuba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Hecuba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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