Hecataeus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Hĕcătaeus, i. m., =Ἑκαταῖος,

a famous historian and geographer of Miletus , son of Hegesander , Plin. 6, 17, 20, § 55; Solin. 19, 2; 40, 6: Milesius, Avien. Or. Mar. 42.