Hecuba
/ˈhɛkjʊbə/ name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 the wife of King Priam of Troy, the mother of Hector, Paris and Cassandra Greek
Synonyms
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More examples"Saw where among a hundred daughters, stood / pale Hecuba, saw Priam's life-blood stain / the fires his hands had hallowed in the fane."
Etymology
From Latin Hecuba, from Ancient Greek Ἑκάβη (Hekábē).