ἕκτωρ
ορος, α, η, ον, ος, ον, ον, Subst., ὁ
A.
holding fast, v.l.for ἕστωρ, Il. 24.272, cf. EM 383.25; epith. of Zeus, Sapph. 157; of anchors, ἕκτορες πλημμυρίδος Lyc. 100, cf. Luc. Lex. 15: as Subst.,= κροκύφαντος, hair-net, Leon. ap. Hsch.; also pl.,= πάσσαλοι ἐν ῥυμῷ, Id.
II.
Hom. only as pr. n. Hector, the prop or stay of Troy, οἶος γὰρ ἐρύετο Ἴλιον Ἕκτωρ Il. 6.403:—Adj. Ἑκτόρεος, α or η, ον, also ος, ον E. Rh. 1 (anap.):—of Hector, Hom., B. 12.154, etc.: also Ἑκτόρειος, ον, Anaxil. 38; κόμαι Lyc. 1133.