Ἑκάβη
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /he.ká.bɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)eˈka.be̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈka.βi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈka.vi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈka.vi/
Proper noun
Ἑκᾰ́βη • (Hekábē) f (genitive Ἑκᾰ́βης); first declension
Inflection
Related terms
- Latin: Hecuba
Descendants
- Greek: Εκάβη (Ekávi)
References
- “Ἑκάβη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Ἑκάβη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012