Hecuba

See also: Hécuba and cut to Hecuba

English

Hecuba

Alternative forms

• Hecabe, Hekabe

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛkjʊbə/

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Proper noun

Hecuba

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

Translations

the wife of King Priam

• Armenian: Հեկուբ (Hekub), Հեկուբե (Hekube)
• French: Hécube (fr)
• German: Hekabe, Hekuba
• Greek: Εκάβη (el) (Ekávi)

  Ancient Greek: Ἑκάβη (Hekábē)

• Italian: Ecuba, Ecabe
• Latin: Hecuba, Hecubē
• Portuguese: Hécuba
• Russian: Геку́ба (ru) (Gekúba), Гека́ба (Gekába)
• Spanish: Hécuba (es)
• Swedish: Hekabe

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑκάβη (Hekábē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈhɛ.kʊ.ba]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.ku.ba]

Proper noun

Hecuba f sg (genitive Hecubae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	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.