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ἡγεμον-εύω , Dor. ἁγ- ,
c. dat. pers., Od.3.386, 8.4, Hes.Th.387, etc.; “τῇ ἴμεν, κεν δὴ σὺ . . ἡγεμονεύῃςIl.15.46; ὁδὸν . to lead the way, “ἐγὼ δ᾽ ὁδὸν ἡγεμονεύσωOd.6.261, cf. Parm.1.5: twice in Hom., c. dat. et acc., “τοῖσι γέρων ὁδὸν ἡγεμόνευεOd.24.225; ὕδατι ῥόον . make a course for the water, Il.21.258.
II. lead in war, rule, command, once in Hom., c. dat., “Τρωσὶ μὲν ἡγεμόνευε . . Ἕκτωρ2.816: elsewh., c. gen., Λοκρῶν δ᾽ . Αἴας ib.527, cf. 552, Hdt.7.99, 160, etc.; ἡγεμόνων . X. Ages.1.3, etc.; . τῆς σκέψεως to take the lead in it, Pl.Prt.351e: abs., to have or take the command, Hdt.8.2; “. ἐν πόλειPl.R.474c:— Pass., to be ruled, “ὑπό τινοςTh.3.61.—Signf. 11 never occurs in Od., and signf. 1 rarely in Il.
III. to be governor, “τῆς ΣυρίαςEu. Luc.2.2: abs., PTeb.302.7(i A.D.), IGRom.3.162 (Ancyra, ii A.D.), etc.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (23):
    • Herodotus, Histories, 7.99
    • Herodotus, Histories, 8.2
    • Hesiod, Theogony, 387
    • Homer, Iliad, 15.46
    • Homer, Iliad, 16.92
    • Homer, Iliad, 21.258
    • Homer, Odyssey, 1
    • Homer, Odyssey, 17.372
    • Homer, Odyssey, 22.400
    • Homer, Odyssey, 23.293
    • Homer, Odyssey, 24.155
    • Homer, Odyssey, 24.225
    • Homer, Odyssey, 3.386
    • Homer, Odyssey, 6.261
    • Homer, Odyssey, 8.4
    • Homeric Hymns, Hymn 1 to Dionysus, 2.816
    • Homeric Hymns, Hymn 1 to Dionysus, 527
    • Homeric Hymns, Hymn 1 to Dionysus, 552
    • Plato, Republic, 474c
    • Plato, Symposium, 197a
    • Plato, Protagoras, 351e
    • Thucydides, Histories, 3.61
    • Xenophon, Agesilaus, 1.3
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