Hecuba
ἐν οἰκίᾳ τυφλῶν καὶ ὁ νυκτάλωψ ὀξυδερκής → even the day-blind is sharp-eyed in a blind house | among the blind, the one-eyed man is king
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ἑκάβη, ἡ, or say, daughter of Cisseus.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Hĕcŭba: ae, and Hĕcŭbē, ēs, f., = Ἑκάβη,
I 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Hĕcŭba,¹² æ (-bē, ēs), f. (Ἑκάβη), Hécube, femme de Priam : Cic. Tusc. 3, 63 ; Virg. En. 2, 501 || fig. = femme vieille : Mart. 3, 76, 4.
Latin > German (Georges)
Hecuba, ae, f. u. Hecubē, ēs, f. (Ἑκάβη), Gemahlin des Königs Priamus in Troja, die als Gefangene mit den von Troja heimziehenden Griechen in den thrazischen Chersones kam u. dort dem Polymestor, dem Mörder ihres letzten Sohnes Polydorus, die Augen ausriß, der ihr dann weissagte, daß sie zur Hündin werden, in das Meer stürzen u. ihr Grab den Schiffern ein Wahrzeichen werden würde, was der Sage nach auch geschah, Ov. met. 13, 423 sqq. Plaut. Men. 714 u. 716. Cic. Tusc. 3, 63. Vgl. Cynos sema. – appellat., eine Hekuba = ein altes, garstiges Weib (Ggstz. Andromache), Mart. 3, 76, 4.
Wikipedia EN
Hecuba (/ˈhɛkjʊbə/; also Hecabe; Ancient Greek: Ἑκάβη Hekábē, pronounced [hekábɛ:]) was a queen in Greek mythology, the wife of King Priam of Troy during the Trojan War, She had 19 children, who included major characters of Homer's Iliad such as the warriors Hector and Paris, as well as the prophetess Cassandra. Two of them, Hector and Troilus, are said to have been born as a result of Hecuba's relationship with the god Apollo.
Translations
ar: هيكوبا; be: Гекуба; bg: Хекуба; br: Hekabe; ca: Hècuba; cs: Hekabé; da: Hekabe; de: Hekabe; el: Εκάβη; en: Hecuba; eo: Hekabo; es: Hécuba; et: Hekabe; eu: Hekuba; fa: هکابه; fi: Hekabe; fr: Hécube; he: הקובה; hr: Hekaba; hu: Hekabé; hy: Հեկաբե; id: Hekabe; it: Ecuba; ja: ヘカベー; ko: 헤카베; la: Hecuba; lt: Hekuba; mk: Хекаба; nl: Hekabe; no: Hekabe; pl: Hekabe; pt: Hécuba; ro: Hecuba; ru: Гекуба; sh: Hekaba; simple: Hecuba; sk: Hekabé; sl: Hekaba; sr: Хекаба; sv: Hecuba; tr: Hekabe; uk: Гекаба; zh: 赫库芭
