Definition of Hecube
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Orthography ID = 2025108
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LNS
Hecubē, Hecubēs
Hecuba, Hecube
Ἑκάβη
noun (f., 1st Greek declension)
  1. the daughter of Dymas, wife of Priam
  2. after the destruction of Troy the, slave of Penelope, changed through rage into a dog
  3. an ugly old woman
Abbreviations
Hecuba, ae, and Hecubē, ēs, f., = Ἑκάβη, the daughter of Dymas, wife of Priam; after the destruction of Troy the slave of Penelope, changed through rage into a dog, Verg. A. 2, 501; 515; Ov. M. 13, 423; 549 sq.; 577; Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63; id. Fat. 15, 34.

—Transf., an ugly old woman (opp. to Andromache), Mart. 3, 76, 4.
 
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