ἡγεμον-ία, ἡ,
leading the way, going first, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.93 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῇ τῶν δυναστευόντων ἡ. by their example, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 711c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II authority, rule, of dynasties or nations, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.7, 3.65, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a general or officer, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.91; ἐν ἡγεμονίαις [prev. author] 7.15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἡ. τῶν Ἰώνων τοῦ πολέμου [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ κατὰ πόλεμον ἡ., τῶν πολεμικῶν ἡ ἡ., [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1285b9, 18; αἱ ἡ. τῶν στρατοπέδων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 273c; τῶν ὀπισθοφυλάκων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.7.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ. δικαστηρίου presidency in a court, [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.14 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; headship of a philosophical school, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “Academicorum Index” p.59 M. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.2 political supremacy, ἡ ἡ. τῆς 'Ελλάδος [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.33; παρ᾽ ἑκόντων τῶν 'Ελλήνων τὴν ἡ. ἐλάβομεν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.30; ἡ. ἡ κατὰ θάλατταν [prev. author] 12.67, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 23.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐν 'Αρείῳ πάγῳ βουλὴ οὐδενὶ δόγματι λαβοῦσα τὴν ἡ.[[ [prev. work] 1, compare “Pol.” 1304a23 ] Refs]; political leadership of an individual, [[[prev. work] 1296a39; γένος ὑπερέχον πρὸς ἡ. πολιτικήν [prev. work] 1288a9. ] Refs]
__II.2.b = Latin imperium, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 36, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 60.17, etc.; Αἴγυπτον δήμου 'Ρωμαίων ἡγεμονίᾳ προσέθηκα “Mon.Anc.Gr.” 15.1; τοῖς καλοῖς τῆς ἡ. νόμοις 2nd c.BC: Athenaeus Mechanicus 39.7 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τριῶν τῶν μεγίστων ἡ. [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 30 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; reign of an Emperor, [[NT.Luke.3.1] NT]; office of prefect, [[ POxy. 237v6 (2nd c.AD), +others ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]