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ἡγέομαι , Dor. ἁγ- (irreg. pres. part.
A.ἁγώμενοςHymn.Curet.4), impf. ἡγούμην ll.12.28, etc., Ion. “-εύμηνHdt.2.115, “ἡγέοντοId.9.15: fut. “ἡγήσομαιIl.14.374, etc.: aor. 1 “ἡγησάμηνOd.14.48, etc.: aor. 1 ἡγήθην in pass. sense, PGiss.48.20 (iii A.D.) (cf. περιηγ-): pf. “ἥγημαιHdt.1.126, 2.115, “ἅγημαιPi.P.4.248:—go before, lead the way, “ὣς εἰπὼν ἡγεῖθ᾽, δ᾽ ἕσπετο Παλλὰς 'ΑθήνηOd.1.125; “ἂν πάϊς ἡγήσαιτο νήπιος6.300, etc.; “πρόσθεν δὲ . . Ἶρις ἡγεῖτ᾽Il.24.96; “ἡγοῦ πάροιθεE. Ph.834; “. ἐπὶ νῆαOd.13.65; “ἐς τεῖχοςIl.20.144; “κλισίηνδεOd.14. 48, cf. Hdt.2.93, etc.; “ἡγησόμενος οὐδεὶς ἔσταιX.An.2.4.5: Astron., precede in the daily movement, Autol.2.3, al.
c. with ὁδόν added, ὁδὸν ἡγήσασθαι to go before on the way, Od.10.263; “. τινὶ τὴν ὁδόνHdt.9.15.
d. c. acc. loci, οἱ . . πόλιν ἡγήσαιτο who might guide him to the city, Od.6.114, cf. 7.22, 15.82; “. βωμοὺς ἀστικούςA.Supp.501.
e. ἅρματα . drive chariots, Philostr.Im.2.23.
f. of logical priority, to be antecedent, opp. ἕπεσθαι, Stoic.2.71, 88, S.E. M.8.110, al., Dam.Pr.241, Phlp.in GC195.13, in Ph.496.14.
g. ἡγούμενον, τό, the leading principle, the main thing, Ph.Bel.63.14, cf. Sosip.1.47.
3. c. dat. rei, to be leader in . . , κερδοσύνῃ, νηπιέῃσι . τινί, Il.22.247, Od.24.469.
4. c. acc. rei, lead, conduct, “. τὰς πομπάςD.21.174; τὴν ἀποδημίαν (v.l. for ᾐτήσατο) Dinon 7; “τὰς τύχαςE.Supp.226: with adverbial acc., “ γλῶσσα πάνθ᾽ ἡγουμένηS.Ph.99.
5. part. ἡγούμενος, η, ον, as Adj., σκέλη ἡγούμενα, opp. ἑπόμενα, the front legs, Arist.IA713b6; . πούς the advanced foot, Id.Fr.74.
2. rule, have dominion, c. gen., τῆς 'Ασίης, τῆς συμμαχίης, Hdt.1.95, 7.148; “οἱ Θεσσαλίης ἡγεόμενοιId.9.1: abs., οἱ ἡγούμενοι the rulers, S. Ph.386, cf. A.Ag.1363; “. ἐν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖςleading men, Act.Ap. 15.22; . σχολῆς to be the head of a philosophical school, Phld.Acad. Ind.p.107 M., al.
3. as official title, ἡγούμενος, , president, “συνόδουPGrenf.2.67.3 (iii A.D.); γερδίων ib.43.9 (i A.D.); “ἱερέωνPLond. 2.281.2 (i A.D.): abs., PFay.110.26 (i A.D.).
b. of Roman governors, . ἔθνους,= Lat. praeses provinciae, POxy.1020.5 (ii/iii A.D.); “. τῆς ΓαλατίαςLuc.Alex.44.
c. of subordinate officials, “. τοῦ στρατηγοῦPOxy.294.19 (i A.D.); “κώμηςPRyl.125.3 (i A.D.).
d. abbot, Just.Nov.7.1, al.: fem. -μένη abbess, ibid.
4. ἡγούμενος as Adj., principal, “πυλώνPFlor.382.15 (iii A.D.), POxy.55.9 (iii A.D.).
III. post-Hom., believe, hold, Hdt. (usu. in pf. ἥγημαι, 3pl. ἡγέαται), etc.; “. τι εἶναιId.1.126, al.; “ἡγεῖσθε δὲ [θεοὺς] βλέπειν . . πρὸς τὸν εὐσεβῆ βροτῶνS.OC278, cf. Th.2.89, Ar.Nu.1020 (lyr.), etc.
IV. pf. in pass. sense, τὰ ἁγημένα,= τὰ νομιζόμενα, Orac. ap. D.43.66; ἡγεόμενον being led, Hdt.3.14 (ἀγόμενον Dind.): hence act. form ἡγέω, Hdn.Gr.2.950. (sāg-, cf. Lat. praesagio.
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