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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *Héktōr; synchronically from the adjective ἕκτωρ (héktōr, “holding fast”). Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀒𐀵 (e-ko-to /Hektōr/).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hék.tɔːr/ → /ˈek.tor/ → /ˈek.tor/
Proper noun
Ἕκτωρ • (Héktōr) m (genitive Ἕκτορος); third declension
- Hector
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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 (2006–2024)
- “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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012
- ^ Petrakis, Vassilis P. “ Writing the Wanax: Spelling Peculiarities of Linear B WA-NA-KA and their Possible Implications.” Minos, vol 39, 2016, pp. 61-158.66