Definition of Hector
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LNS
Hector, Hectoris
Hector
Ἕκτωρ
noun (m., 3rd Greek declension)
  1. son of Priam and Hecuba, husband of Andromache, the bravest of the Trojans, slain and dragged three times around Troy by Achilles
Abbreviations
Hector, oris (Hectōris, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39 = Trag. v. 25 Vahl.; id. ap. Varr. L. L. 10, § 70 Mull. = Trag. v. 130 Vahl.; acc. Hectorem, id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 105 = Trag. v. 129 Vahl.; cf. Varr. L. L. l. l.), m., = Ἕκτωρ, son of Priam and Hecuba, husband of Andromache, the bravest of the Trojans, slain and dragged three times around Troy by Achilles, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2; Verg. A. 1, 483; 2, 270; 282; 522; 6, 166; Hor. C. 2, 4, 10; 4, 9, 22; id. Epod. 17, 12; id. S. 1, 7, 12.

— Deriv. Hectoreus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Hector; in poet. transf., of the Trojans, and, as descended from the latter, of the Romans; Hectorean; Trojan; Roman: conjux, i. e. Andromache, Verg. A. 3, 488: hasta, Hector's, Ov. M. 12, 67; so, corpus, Verg. A. 2, 543; and, tumulus, id. ib. 3, 304: Mars, i. e. Hector in battle, Ov. M. 13, 275: gens, i. e. Trojan, Verg. A. 1, 273: amnes, Xanthum et Simoenta, id. ib. 5, 634: socii, id. ib. 5, 190: flammae, Ov. M. 13, 7: opes, Hor. C. 3, 3, 28: spes et fiducia gentis Regulus Hectoreae, i. e. of the Romans, Sil. 2, 343.
 
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