Hecuba

See also: Hécuba

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛkjʊbə/

Proper noun

Hecuba

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

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑκάβη (Hekábē).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhe.ku.ba/, [ˈhɛ.kʊ.ba]

Proper noun

Hecuba f (genitive Hecubae); first declension

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

Inflection

First declension.

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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