Ἕκτωρ

See also: ἕκτωρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *Héktōr; synchronically from the adjective ἕκτωρ (héktōr, “holding fast”). Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀒𐀵 (e-ko-to /⁠Hektōr⁠/).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hék.tɔːr/ → /ˈek.tor/ → /ˈek.tor/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hék.tɔːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)ek.tor/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈek.tor/
• (10^th CE Medieval) IPA^(key): /ˈek.tor/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈek.tor/

Proper noun

Ἕκτωρ • (Héktōr) m (genitive Ἕκτορος); third declension

1. Hector
   • c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 6.403

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἕκτωρ; τοῦ Ἕκτορος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἕκτωρ ho Héktōr
Genitive	τοῦ Ἕκτορος toû Héktoros
Dative	τῷ Ἕκτορῐ tōî Héktorĭ
Accusative	τὸν Ἕκτορᾰ tòn Héktoră
Vocative	Ἕκτορ Héktor
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἑκτόρειος (Hektóreios)

Descendants

• → Arabic: هِكْتُور (hiktūr)
• → Basque: Hektor
• → Bulgarian: Хектор (Hektor)
• → Catalan: Hèctor
• → Czech: Hektór
• → Danish: Hektor
• → Dutch: Hector
• → English: Hector
• → Finnish: Hektor
• → French: Hector
• → German: Hektor
• Greek: Έκτωρ (Éktor), Έκτορας (Éktoras), Έχτορας (Échtoras)
• → Hebrew: הקטור (Heqtor)
• → Hungarian: Hektór
• → Italian: Ettore
• → Japanese: ヘクトル (Hekutoru)
• → Latin: Hector
• → Lithuanian: Hektoras
• → Norwegian: Hektor
• → Polish: Hektor
• → Portuguese: Heitor
• → Romanian: Hector
• → Russian: Ге́ктор (Géktor)
• → Serbo-Croatian: Хектор, Hektor
• → Sicilian: Ètturi
• → Spanish: Héctor
• → Swedish: Hektor
• → Turkish: Hektor

References

• “Ἕκτωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ἕκτωρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• “Ἕκτωρ” in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• “Ἕκτωρ”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012