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PRONUNCIATION OF HECUBA

Hecuba  [ˈhɛkjʊbə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HECUBA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hecuba is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HECUBA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hecuba

Hecuba

Hecuba was a queen in Greek mythology, the wife of King Priam of Troy during the Trojan War, with whom she had 19 children. These children included several major characters of Homer's Iliad such as the warriors Hector and Paris and the prophetess Cassandra.

Definition of Hecuba in the English dictionary

The definition of Hecuba in the dictionary is the wife of King Priam of Troy, and mother of Hector and Paris.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HECUBA


algaroba
ˌælɡəˈrəʊbə
algarroba
ˌælɡəˈrəʊbə
araroba
ˌærəˈrəʊbə
aroba
əˈrəʊbə
arroba
əˈrəʊbə
boba
ˈbəʊbə
carnauba
kɑːˈnaʊbə
jojoba
həʊˈhəʊbə
jubbah
ˈdʒʊbə
lobar
ˈləʊbə
Manitoba
ˌmænɪˈtəʊbə
October
ɒkˈtəʊbə
pickelhaube
ˌpɪkəlˈhaʊbə
prober
ˈprəʊbə
sober
ˈsəʊbə
succuba
ˈsʌkjʊbə
unilobar
ˌjuːnɪˈləʊbə
unsober
ʌnˈsəʊbə
wardrober
ˈwɔːdrəʊbə
Yoruba
ˈjɒrʊbə

WORDS THAT END LIKE HECUBA

Aruba
aucuba
bass tuba
Cuba
juba
Luba
massaranduba
masseranduba
Nuba
Salduba
Santiago de Cuba
sauba
saxtuba
scuba
simarouba
simaruba
suba
Tshiluba
tsuba
tuba

Synonyms and antonyms of Hecuba in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Hecuba» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HECUBA

Find out the translation of Hecuba to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Hecuba from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Hecuba» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

赫卡柏
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Hécuba
570 millions of speakers

English

Hecuba
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Hecuba
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Hecuba
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Гекуба
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Hécuba
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Hecuba
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Hécube
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hecuba
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hekabe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヘカベ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Hecuba
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hecuba
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Hecuba
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Hecuba
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हकुबा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hecuba
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Ecuba
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Hecuba
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Гекуба
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Hecuba
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Εκάβη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Hecuba
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Hecuba
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Hecuba
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Hecuba

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HECUBA»

The term «Hecuba» is regularly used and occupies the 75.340 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HECUBA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Hecuba» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Hecuba» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Hecuba

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HECUBA»

Discover the use of Hecuba in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Hecuba and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Euripides, Hecuba: Introduction, Text, and Commentary
The first modern, full-length commentary of Hecuba suitable for classroom use, this edition also contains material directed to more advanced students and to scholars.
Euripides, Justina Gregory, 1999
2
Hecuba
This volume provides a thorough philological and dramatic commentary on Euripides' Phoenissae, the first detailed commentary in English since 1911.
Eurípides, Michael Tierney, 1979
3
Andromache, Hecuba, Trojan Women
Her notes offer expert guidance to readers encountering these works for the first time.
Euripides, Diane Arnson Svarlien
4
Euripides Hecuba
This is an English translation of Euripides' tragedy Hecuba about Hecuba's grief over her daughter and son's deaths and the revenge she enacts over her son's death.
Eurípides, Robin Mitchell-Boyask, 2005
5
The Hecuba of Euripides
Part of the Pitt Press Series, this 1894 book provides the complete text of Hecuba in the original Ancient Greek.
W. S. Hadley, 2011
6
Hecuba Translated from the Greek of Euripides, with ...
In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.
Euripides, 2010
7
What's Hecuba to Him?: Fictional Events and Actual Emotions
This book engages contemporary debate over the seeming irrationality or inauthenticity of our emotional response to fiction, examining the many positions taken in this debate and arguing that we can understand the relation between cognition ...
Eva M. Dadlez, 1997
8
Euripides II: Andromache, Hecuba, The Suppliant Women, Electra
This edition also includes brand-new translations of Euripides’ Medea, The Children of Heracles, Andromache, and Iphigenia among the Taurians, fragments of lost plays by Aeschylus, and the surviving portion of Sophocles’s satyr-drama ...
Euripides, Mark Griffith, Glenn W. Most, 2013
9
After the Trojan War: Women of Troy ; Hecuba ; Helen : Three ...
One of the greatest of the Ancient Greek tragedies
‎1995
10
The Hecuba: Orestes ; Phoe︠n︡ician Virgins ; and Medea of ...
Agamemnon, Chorus, Hecuba. Aga. Why, Hecuba, delayest thou to come, and bury thy girl in her tomb, agreeably to what Talthybius told me, that no one of the Argives should be suffered to touch thy daughter. For our part we leave her alone , ...
Euripides, 1837

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HECUBA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Hecuba is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ariana Delawari
Butchy has also produced and engineered acts as diverse as Sun Araw, M. Geddes Gangres & The Congos; Julia Holter; Hecuba; Soft Circle; ... «ABC.com, Jul 15»
2
Galway casts its spell with Arts Festival
He's a lover of the Greeks, and of figures like Electra and Hecuba, and The Match Box turns into something very Greek — which is an ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
3
Cassandra to Tsipras: “Stop!”
... her mother Hecuba's fate; Odysseus' ten-year wanderings before returning to his home; and the murder of Aegisthus and Clytemnestra by her children Electra ... «Politico, Jul 15»
4
What people in the arts are up to
Omar plays Medee, Creusa, Hecuba and Kalchas. For tickets, visit http://www.the-hypocrites.com. Tim's triple play: Oak Park native Tim Gittings ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
5
Point Park's Conservatory Theatre Company's 2015-16 Season to …
... Theatre Lumina in a site-specific production, Phedre by Racine for Point Park University, Hecuba and Huck Finn at the Pittsburgh Playhouse, ... «Broadway World, Jun 15»
6
Sebastian hits the high note
... Holiday in Stratford, and is looking forward to returning in September where he will be treading the boards in Greek tragedy Hecuba. «Leamington Observer, Jun 15»
7
Theater events: Hypocrites remounts Sean Graney's 'All Our Tragic'
Graney has revised the show, adding the character Hecuba and tweaking the ending. Among the suburban cast members are Wheaton native ... «Chicago Daily Herald, Jun 15»
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Weather.OMG: Summer's Forecast Calls for Intense Rain Followed …
... able to track the progress of Hurricane Hecuba in what we knowingly call “real time,” as she makes her way toward me, wet in tooth and claw. «Forbes, Jun 15»
9
Ancient Greek Women and Warfare: Building a More Accurate …
Hecuba's monologue at the beginning of Euripides' Troades is especially poignant: Alas, alas, to groan in lamentation (στενάχειν) is the wretched fate for me ... «Student Pulse, Jun 15»
10
Florence mayor calls for prison sentence after vandals break finger …
It depicts Trojan princess Polyxena, the daughter of King Priam of Troy and Queen Hecuba, being abducted by Achilles after offering herself as ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Hecuba [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hecuba>. Apr 2024 ».
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