Ἐκάβη
τὸ πεπρωμένον φυγεῖν ἀδύνατον → you can't escape your destiny | there is no escaping from destiny | it's impossible to escape from what is destined | it is impossible to escape from what is destined | what is fated is impossible to escape | if you're born to be hanged, then you'll never be drowned | he that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned | if you are born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned | if you're born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned| you can't outrun your fate | you cannot outrun your fate | you can't stop fate | that's the way the cookie crumbles
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: wife of Priamos (Il.); metonym. = χοῖρος (Orph. Fr. 46; because of the rich progeny; cf. Χοιρίλη s. χοῖρος). Korinth. Ϝεκαβα
Dialectal forms: Korinth. Ϝεκαβα
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: Shortened for *Ἐκαβόλος, s. ἑκηβόλος and Kretschmer Glotta 12, 104, Sohnsen Unt. 25f. Doubtful; the name may be Pre-Greek.
