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Niobe
UK
/ˈnaɪəʊbi/
US
/ˈnaɪoʊbi/
Translation of "niobe" into Russian
Niobe
Nounniobe
niobe
niobes pl
Niobe was a figure in Greek mythology known for her tragic story.
Ниоба была фигурой в греческой мифологии, известной своей трагической историей.
Definitions
Niobe
Noun
A woman overwhelmed by grief for the loss of her children; a sorrowful, inconsolable mother.
She sat there like a Niobe, unable to speak through her tears.
Niobe
Proper noun
In Greek mythology, the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion, punished for her hubris by the loss of all her children and transformed into a perpetually weeping stone.
The tragedy of Niobe warns against excessive pride before the gods.
A genus of Ordovician trilobites noted for their distinctive exoskeletal features.
Paleontologists discovered several well-preserved specimens of Niobe in the shale deposit.