ECUBA. Hecuba, wife of Priam and queen of Troy, was mother of Cassandra, Deiphebus, Hector, Paris, and Troilus.
Ecuba is mentioned once, Tr V.12. [Cassandra: Deiphebe: Ector: Paris: Polixena: Priam: Troilus]
Chaucer's form is identical with Boccaccio's Italian, Il Filostrato VII.103, as well as with Benoît's Old French, Roman de Troie 5609. Latin initial h was not pronounced. The name appears medially, Tr V.12.