ἡγεμον-ικός, ή, όν,
of or for a leader, ready to lead or guide, πρός τι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.3.14 (_comparative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τὰ πονηρά [[ [prev. author] “Cyr.” 2.2.25; κλῆμα -ώτατον τῆς ἀμπέλου “Geoponica” 4.13.4 ] Refs]; ἡ. τόπος vital spot, [[ 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 38.13. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II capable of command, authoritative, ψυχὴ ἐν τοῖς ἥλιξι ἡ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 8.16; ἡ. φύσις 5th-6th c.BC: Philolaus Philosophus 11; ἡ. τὴν φύσιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 252e; ἡ. τέχναι [prev. author] “Phlb.” 55d; οἱ κατ᾽ ἀρετὴν ἡ. πρὸς πολιτικὴν ἀρχήν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1288a12; τὸ ἄρρεν.. τοῦ θήλεος -ώτερον [prev. work] 1259b2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; -ωτάτη [ἐπιστήμη] [[ [prev. author] “Metaphorical” 996b10 ] Refs]; ἡ. καὶ πολιτικὸς βίος (i.e. τῆς πόλεως) [[ [prev. author] “Pol.” 1327b5 ] Refs]; ζῴδια viz. Aries, Leo, Sagittarius, [[ “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 1.165, 2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 34 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἡγεμονικόν, authoritative, of knowledge, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 352b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἡγεμονικόν the authoritative part of the soul (reason), especially in Stoic philosophy, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.39, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; but also, the governing part of the universe, of the aether or sun, [[ 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.186, 192, Cleanth.[prev. work] 1.112. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+] adverb -κῶς like a leader, opposed to δεσποτικῶς, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 658; ἡ. καὶ βασιλικῶς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.64.6, compare 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Alcibiadem” p.52C.: _comparative_ -ώτερον] Refs 4th c.BC+] more like an Emperor, [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 19.4.2. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]