Hecuba

== 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 Cassandra ==== Translations ==== == 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 (Greek mythology) The wife of Priamus who changed through rage into a dog An ugly old woman ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. === 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.