Hecuba

τῶν Λειβηθρίων ἀμουσότερος → more uncultured than Leibethrans, more uncultured than the people of Leibethra, lowest degree of mental cultivation

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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Ἑκάβη, ἡ, or say, daughter of Cisseus.

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.

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.