- Ε῝κτωρ
- Ε῝κτωρ, -οροςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: Ε῝κτωρ, -ορος son of Priamos and Hekabe, the greatest hero of the Trojans (Il.).Derivatives: Έκτόρεος `regarding H.' (Il.; Aeolic?, Wackernagel Unt. 68f., cf. Schwyzer 106 and 275); atron. Έκτορίδης = Astyanax (Il.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [888] *seǵʰ- `hold, subdue'Etymology: To ἔχω and identical with the Nom. ag. ἕκτωρ (s. on ἔχω). On the meaning cf. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 14 n .1. Against Ε῝κτωρ as a short name (Macurdy Class. Quart. 23, 23ff.) see Kretschmer Glotta 20, 230.
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.