lead the way
ἡγεμον-εύω, Dor.
ἁγ-,
A. lead the way, προτὶ Ἴλιον
Il. 16.92
;πρὸς δώματα, ἀγορήνδε, λέχοσδε, δεῦρο, Od. 3.386 , 8.4 , 23.293 , 17.372 ; πρόσθ' ἡγεμόνευεν
22.400
, 24.155 ; αὖλιν ἐφ' ἡμετέρην
Theoc. 25.60
; ἐπιθυμίας καὶ ἔρωτος ἡγεμονεύσαντος
Pl. Smp. 197a
:
c. dat. pers., Od. 3.386 , 8.4 , Hes. Th. 387 , etc.; τῇ ἴμεν, ᾗ κεν δὴ σὺ . . ἡγεμονεύῃς
Il. 15.46
;ὁδὸν ἡ.to leadthe way, ἐγὼ δ' ὁδὸν ἡγεμονεύσω
Od. 6.261
, cf. Parm. 1.5 : twice in Hom. , c. dat. et acc., τοῖσι γέρων ὁδὸν ἡγεμόνευε
Od. 24.225
;ὕδατι ῥόον ἡ.makea course for the water, Il. 21.258 .
II. leadin war,rule, command, once in Hom. , c. dat., Τρωσὶ μὲν ἡγεμόνευε . . Ἕκτωρ
2.816
: elsewh., c. gen.,Λοκρῶν δ' ἡ. Αἴαςib. 527 , cf. 552 , Hdt. 7.99 , 160 , etc.;ἡγεμόνων ἡ. X. Ages. 1.3 , etc.;ἡ. τῆς σκέψεως to take the leadin it, Pl. Prt. 351e : abs.,to haveortake the command, Hdt. 8.2 ; ἡ. ἐν πόλει
Pl. R. 474c
:— Pass. ,to be ruled, ὑπό τινος
Th. 3.61
.—Signf. 11 never occurs in Od. , and signf. 1 rarely in Il.
III. to be governor, τῆς Συρίας
Eu. Luc. 2.2
: abs., PTeb. 302.7
(i A.D.), IGRom. 3.162 (Ancyra,ii A.D.), etc.
