ἄγημα,τό, (fromἄγω,or perh. Dor. forἥγημα;
Boeot.
ἄγειμα, BCH 18.534 (Thisbe))
A. anything led, division, corpsof an army, of the Lacedaemonians, X. Lac. 11.9 , 13.6 : in the Macedonian army,the Guard,
Plb. 5.65.2 , Arr. An. 1.1.11 ;τῶν ἱππέων τὸ ἄ.ib. 4.24.1 ; τῶν πεζῶν τὸ ἄ. 2.8.3; τῶν ἐλεφάντων
Phylarch. 1
: in the armies of the Ptolemies, etc., PPetr. 3p.22
(iii B. C.), Plu. Eum. 7 , App. Syr. 32 , cf. Ael.Dion. Fr. 8 ; Βασιλικὸν ἄ.
Plb. 5.82.4
.
II. name of a district in the Heracleopolite nome, PHib. 101.3 , PTeb. 3.38.4 .