ἡγεμών

ἡγεμών, [dialect] Dor. [pref] ἁγ-, [dialect] Aeol. [full] ἀγίμων IG12(2).164 (Mytil.), al., όνος, ὁ; also ἡ, Pi.I.8(7).22, A.Supp.722, Aeschin.1.171, X.Oec. (infr. 11):—

A one who leads; and so,

I in Od., guide, 10.505, 15.310, Hdt.5.14, S.Ant.1014, Pl.Men.97b;

ἡγεμόνες γενέσθαι τινὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ Hdt.8.31

, cf. E.Hec.281, X.Mem.1.3.4;

ἡ. ποδὸς τυφλοῦ E.Ph.1616

;

ἡγεμόνες τοῦ πλοῦ Th.7.50

; of a charioteer, S.OT804.

2 one who does a thing first, shows the way to others,

τοῖς νεωτέροις ἡ. ἠθῶν χρηστῶν γίγνεσθαι Pl.Lg.670e

;

πατέρες τῆς σοφίας καὶ ἡ. Id.Ly.214a

;

πόνους τοῦ ζῆν ἡδέως ἡγεμόνας νομίζετε X.Cyr.1.5.12

;

τῆς εἰρήνης ἡ. D.18.24

; [

ἀχαριστία] ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ αἰσχρὰ ἡ. X.Cyr.1.2.7

: abs., of choir-leaders, Mnemos.47.253 (Argos, ii/i B.C.).

II in Il., leader, commander, chief, opp. λαοί, πληθύς, 2.365, 11.304: c. gen., ἡγεμόνες Δαναῶν, φυλάκων, etc., 2.487, 9.85, cf. Hdt.6.43, 7.62, al.; στρατηγὸς καὶ ἡ. τῶν 'Ελλήνων πρὸς τὸν βάρβαρον ib.158;

ἡ. τῶν πολέμων Id.9.33

; ἔχοντες ἡγεμόνας τῶν πάνυ [στρατηγῶν] Th.8.89; = λοχαγός, Arr.Tact. 5.6;

ἡ. τῶν ἐν προχειρισμῷ PAmh.2.39

(ii B.C.); chief, sovereign, Pi.I. 8(7).22, etc.;

ἡ. γῆς τῆσδε S.OT103

, cf. OC289;

πάντων . . καὶ αὐτοῦ βασιλέως ἡ. X.HG3.5.14

;

ἡ. συμμορίας D.21.157

; of the queen-bee and queen-wasp, regarded by Arist. as males, Arist.HA553a25, 629a3 (but

ἡ τῶν μελισσῶν ἡ. X.Oec.7.32

, cf. 38); ὁ ἡ. τῶν προβάτων, of the bell-wether, Arist.HA573b24; τῶν βοῶν ib.575b1;

νέμειν τὰ κρέα τοῦ ἡγεμόνος βοός SIG144.36

(Piraeus, iv B.C.), cf. X.HG6.4.29.

b ἡ. χοροῦ leader of a chorus, Poll.4.106;

παῖδες ἡ. IG7.3196

(Orchom. [dialect] Boeot.); president of a gymnasium, ib.3.1086, al.

c a Roman Emperor, Str.4.3.2, Plu.Cic.2, al.; as translation of princeps, Mon.Anc.Gr.7.9; ἡ. νεότητος, = Lat. princeps juventutis, ib.18; a provincial governor, Str.17.3.25, Ev.Matt.27.2, Act.Ap.23.24: freq. of the praefectus Aegypti, PRyl.119.4 (i A.D.), etc.; ἡ. ἀμφοτέρων, i.e. of Upper and Lower Egypt, POxy.39.6 (i A.D.);

ἡ. Κύπρου

Tab. Defix.Aud.

25.13

(iii A.D.).

2 as Adj.,

ἀνήρ Pl.Criti.119a

; [ναῦς], of the flagship, A.Supp.722;

ἡ. τῆς φυλῆς κορυφαῖος D.21.60

(s.v.l.);

ἡ. πόδες Arist.HA490b5

, IA713b32: as neut.,

ἡγεμόσι μέρεσι Pl.Ti. 91e

.

III in Prosody, = πυρρίχιος, D.H.Comp.17, Dem.47.

IV ἡγεμόνες, [dialect] Dor. ἁγ-, αἱ, in Architecture, coping-tiles of the roof, IG22.463.70, 1627.303, 4.1484.100 (Epid.).

V a kind of fish, = ἡγητήρ 2, Plu.2.980f.