Niobe

Niobé niobé English 71 + Etymology en :der grc:Νιόβη From en grc Νιόβη. Pronunciation en /ˈnʌɪ.ə.bi/ UK en /ˈnaɪ.oʊ.bi/ US Proper noun en Greek mythology A daughter of Tantalus, said to have turned into stone while weeping for her children. en Greek mythology A daughter of Phoroneus and Teledice. en asteroid 71 Niobe, a main belt asteroid. en female Ancient Greek. Derived terms en Niobean niobium Translations daughter of Tantalus German: de Niobe Greek: el Νιόβη Ancient Greek: grc Νιόβη Italian: it Niobe Latin: la Niobē f asteroid Noun A crying woman; a woman who is bereaved or inconsolable. from 16th c. I ii With which she followed my poore Fathers body / Like Niobe, all teares. V 11 There is a word will Priam turne to stone, Make wells and Niobe’s of the maides and wiues. But when a man has been ranging, like the painful bee, from flower to flower, perhaps for a month together, and the thoughts of home and wife begin to have their charms with him, to be received by a Niobe, who, like a wounded vine, weeps her vitals away, while she but involuntarily curls about him; how shall I be able to bear that? III 26 Here poor Mrs Vincy's spirit quite broke down, and her Niobe throat and good-humoured face were sadly convulsed. Anagrams en beino Ebion boine German Etymology de :bor grc:Νιόβη de grc Νιόβη. Pronunciation de /ˈniːobe/ de De-Niobe.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun f de Greek mythology en Niobe Related terms de Niob Further reading de Italian it: Etymology it :der grc:Νιόβη From it grc Νιόβη. Proper noun f it Greek mythology en Niobe Anagrams it beino beino beoni Latin Etymology la Niobē :bor grc:Νιόβη + 1 Pronunciation Niobē Proper noun Niobē<1> la Greek mythology Niobe Declension Niobē<1> Related terms la Niobēus la Niobīdēs References