ἡγεμών

A. one who leads; and so,

I. in Od., guide, 10.505, 15.310, Hdt. 5.14, S. Ant. 1014, Pl. Men. 97b; ἡγεμόνες γενέσθαι τινὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ Hdt. 8.31, cf. E. Hec. 281, X. Mem. 1.3.4; ἡ. ποδὸς τυφλοῦ E. Ph. 1616; ἡγεμόνες τοῦ πλοῦ Th. 7.50; of a charioteer, S. OT 804.

2. one who does a thing first, shows the way to others, τοῖς νεωτέροις ἡ. ἠθῶν χρηστῶν γίγνεσθαι Pl. Lg. 670e; πατέρες τῆς σοφίας καὶ ἡ. Id. Ly. 214a; πόνους τοῦ ζῆν ἡδέως ἡγεμόνας νομίζετε X. Cyr. 1.5.12; τῆς εἰρήνης ἡ. D. 18.24; [ἀχαριστία] ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ αἰσχρὰ ἡ. X. Cyr. 1.2.7: abs., of choir-leaders, Mnemos. 47.253 (Argos, ii/i B.C.).

II. in Il., leader, commander, chief, opp. λαοί, πληθύς, 2.365, 11.304: c. gen., ἡγεμόνες Δαναῶν, φυλάκων, etc., 2.487, 9.85, cf. Hdt. 6.43, 7.62, al.; στρατηγὸς καὶ ἡ. τῶν ’Ελλήνων πρὸς τὸν βάρβαρον ib.158; ἡ. τῶν πολέμων Id. 9.33; ἔχοντες ἡγεμόνας τῶν πάνυ [στρατηγῶν] Th. 8.89; = λοχαγός, Arr. Tact. 5.6; ἡ. τῶν ἐν προχειρισμῷ PAmh. 2.39 (ii B.C.); chief, sovereign, Pi. I. 8(7).22, etc.; ἡ. γῆς τῆσδε S. OT 103, cf. OC 289; πάντων . . καὶ αὐτοῦ βασιλέως ἡ. X. HG 3.5.14; ἡ. συμμορίας D. 21.157; of the queen-bee and queen-wasp, regarded by Arist. as males, Arist. HA 553a25, 629a3 (but ἡ τῶν μελισσῶν ἡ. X. Oec. 7.32, cf. 38); ὁ ἡ. τῶν προβάτων, of the bell-wether, Arist. HA 573b24; τῶν βοῶν ib.575b1; νέμειν τὰ κρέα τοῦ ἡγεμόνος βοός SIG 144.36 (Piraeus, iv B.C.), cf. X. HG 6.4.29.

b. ἡ. χοροῦ leader of a chorus, Poll. 4.106; παῖδες ἡ. IG 7.3196 (Orchom. Boeot.); president of a gymnasium, ib.3.1086, al.

c. a Roman Emperor, Str. 4.3.2, Plu. Cic. 2, al.; as translation of princeps, Mon.Anc.Gr. 7.9; ἡ. νεότητος, = Lat. princeps juventutis, ib.18; a provincial governor, Str. 17.3.25, Ev.Matt. 27.2, Act.Ap. 23.24: freq. of the praefectus Aegypti, PRyl. 119.4 (i A.D.), etc.; ἡ. ἀμφοτέρων, i.e. of Upper and Lower Egypt, POxy. 39.6 (i A.D.); ἡ. Κύπρου Tab. Defix.Aud. 25.13 (iii A.D.).

2. as Adj., ἀνήρ Pl. Criti. 119a; [ναῦς], of the flagship, A. Supp. 722; ἡ. τῆς φυλῆς κορυφαῖος D. 21.60 (s.v.l.); ἡ. πόδες Arist. HA 490b5, IA 713b32: as neut., ἡγεμόσι μέρεσι Pl. Ti. 91e.

III. in Prosody, = πυρρίχιος, D.H. Comp. 17, Dem. 47.

IV. ἡγεμόνες, Dor. ἁγ‐,αἱ, in Architecture, coping-tiles of the roof, IG 22.463.70, 1627.303, 4.1484.100 (Epid.).

V. a kind of fish, = ἡγητήρ 2, Plu. 2.980f.