LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun

Hĕcălē

Meaning

  1. a poor old woman who kindly received Theseus

Hĕcălē, ēs, f., = Ἑκάλη,
I. a poor old woman who kindly received Theseus, celebrated by Callimachus, Plin. 22, 22, 44, § 88; App. M. 1, p. 112; Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 50; Ov. R. Am. 747; cf. Petr. 135, 8, 16.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyHecaleHecale (Ἑκάλη), a poor old woman, who hospitably received into her house Theseus, when he had gone out for the purpose of killing the Marathonian bull…

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What does Hĕcălē mean in Latin?
Hĕcălē, a proper noun, means “a poor old woman who kindly received Theseus”.