vector, ōris, m. [veho].
I Act. , one that bears , carries , or conveys any thing; a bearer , carrier (poet. and in post-Aug. prose); (equus) gradarius optimu' vector, Lucil. ap. Non. 17, 25: Sileni (asellus), Ov. F. 1, 433: puellae (taurus), Sen. Herc. Oet. 553: stelligeri Olympi (Atlas), id. ib. 1907: vector meus, i. e. my horse , Ap. Met. 1, 20, 15; 3, 26, 11.—
II Neutr. , one that rides upon any thing; a rider , traveller , passenger (class.); on a ship: etiam summi gubernatores in magnis tempestatibus a vectoribus admoneri solent, Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 27: ingratis vectoribus bene gubernare, id. Att. 2, 9, 3; Ov. H. 18, 148; Verg. E. 4, 38; Luc. 5, 581: animosius a mercatore quam a vectore solvitur votum, Sen. Ep. 73, 5; 85, 35; Petr. 107; Dig. 4, 9, 1 fin. — In mal. part.: numquam nisi navi plenā tollo vectorem, Macr. S. 2, 5.—On horseback, a rider , horseman : vector equum regit, Ov. A. A. 3, 555; Prop. 4 (5), 7, 84.