ἡγεμον-εύω,
Doric dialect ἁγ-, lead the way, προτὶ Ἴλιον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.92 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πρὸς δώματα, ἀγορήνδε, λέχοσδε, δεῦρο, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.386, 8.4, 23.293, 17.372; πρόσθ᾽ ἡγεμόνευεν 22.400, 24.155; αὖλιν ἐφ᾽ ἡμετέρην 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.60; ἐπιθυμίας καὶ ἔρωτος ἡγεμονεύσαντος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 197a: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__c dative person, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.386, 8.4, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 387, etc.; τῇ ἴμεν, ᾗ κεν δὴ σὺ.. ἡγεμονεύῃς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.46 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁδὸν ἡ. to lead the way, ἐγὼ δ᾽ ὁδὸν ἡγεμονεύσω [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.261, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 1.5: twice in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, with _dative_ et _accusative_, τοῖσι γέρων ὁδὸν ἡγεμόνευε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.225 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὕδατι ῥόον ἡ. make a course for the water, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.258. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II lead in war, rule, command, once in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, with _dative_, Τρωσὶ μὲν ἡγεμόνευε.. Ἕκτωρ 2.816: elsewhere, with _genitive_, Λοκρῶν δ᾽ ἡ. Αἴας [prev. work] 527, compare 552, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.99, 160, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡγεμόνων ἡ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 1.3, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ. τῆς σκέψεως to take the lead in it, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 351e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, to have or take the command, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.2; ἡ. ἐν πόλει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 474c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— passive, to be ruled, ὑπό τινος [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.61.—Signf. 11 never occurs in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”, and signification 1 rarely in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” ] Refs 8th c.BC+]