LAT

Lewis Short

(adjective) : Hector, ŏris (Hectōris, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39 = Trag. v. 25 Vahl.; id. ap. Varr. L. L. 10, § 70 Müll. = 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. Hectŏrĕus, a, um, , 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 Simoënta,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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

PIR

Male Personal name
Confirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:
  • P. Postumius Hector (Masc), ref: PIR P 0886a | PIR ID10986
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