Ἑκάβη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἑκᾰ́βᾱ (Hekắbā) — Doric
• Ϝεκᾰ́βᾱ (Wekắbā)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /he.ká.bɛː/ → /eˈka.βi/ → /eˈka.vi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /he.ká.bɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)eˈka.be̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈka.βi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈka.vi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈka.vi/

Proper noun

Ἑκᾰ́βη • (Hekắbē) f (genitive Ἑκᾰ́βης); first declension

1. Hecuba; Hekabe

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἑκᾰ́βη; τῆς Ἑκᾰ́βης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἑκᾰ́βη hē Hekắbē
Genitive	τῆς Ἑκᾰ́βης tês Hekắbēs
Dative	τῇ Ἑκᾰ́βῃ têi Hekắbēi
Accusative	τὴν Ἑκᾰ́βην tḕn Hekắbēn
Vocative	Ἑκᾰ́βη Hekắbē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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 (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012