Vector, vectôris, pe. prod. m. g. Quint. Liu.He that is caried.Et summi gubernatores in magnis tempestatibus vectoribus admoneri solent.Cic.Of them that are carried in the ships. Vector.Ouid.He that carieth: a shipman.Fulminis vector, Aquila.Stat.The carrier, &c.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
vecto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a [veho], to bear, carry, convey (perh. not ante-Aug.): delphinum dorso super fluctus edito vectavisse (Arionem), Gell. 16, 19, 16: corpora viva nefas Stygiā vectare carinā, Verg. A. 6, 391: plaustris ornos, id. ib. 11, 138: saucia corpora vectet aquā, Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 46; cf. v. 39.—Pass., to be carried or borne, to ride: vectabor umeris, Hor. Epod. 17, 74: vectari equis,
to ride on horseback
, Ov. M. 8, 374; Just. 41, 3, 4; Curt. 3, 3, 22: octophoro, App Mag. p. 323.
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
, App. M. 1, p. 111; 3, p. 140.—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.