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,
I 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.—
II Deriv. Hectŏrĕus , 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 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.