ἡγέομαι — Cambridge Greek Lexicon

Ion.ἡγεῦμαιhHom.mid.contr.vbneut.impers.vbl.adj.There are two basic senses: (1–5) lead, (6) consider. be a leader or guideon a journey or sim.lead the way, act as guideoft. w.dat. for personsHom. hHom. Pi. Hdt. Trag.w.intern.acc.on a journey or routeOd. Hdt. take the lead in, leada processionD. be the oneof a pair, two parties or a groupwho takes the leadin an actiontake the lead, play the leading roleHom.w.gen.in a dance or songsts. w.dat.for or among peopleOd. hHom. Pi. X. Call.in both speech and actionX.w. ἐν + dat.among the first ChristiansNT.of the tongue, opp. actionsw.acc.in all respectsS. of commanders or sim.leadw.dat.one's troops, a fleetusu. w.prep.phr. into battle, to a placeHom. E. Att.orats.be in a leading positionbe at the headw.gen.dat.of troops or sim.Il. A. be in commandw.gen.dat.of troops, a military campaign, or sim.Hom. Hdt. of personsbe in power, ruleA. S.w.gen.dat.over a city or regionHdt. E.satyr.fr. be in controlw.dat.of one's pleasuresIsoc.intr., of a statehold the hegemonyin an allianceTh. take a lead in guiding or influencingpersons, towards certain goalsof gods, persons, abstr. qualitieslead, guidests. w.dat.persons, sts. also w.gen.prep.phr.in or to wisdom, virtue, or sim.A. Pi. S. Pl. X.lead, invitesomeonew.prep.phr.to friendshipHes. of personsconsider, believe, thinkw.compl.cl.that sthg. is the caseThgn.w.acc. + inf.Hdt. S. E. Th.w.dbl.acc.sts. w. εἶναιsomeone or sthg.to besuch and suchHdt. Trag. Th. Ar.ἡγεῖσθαι θεούςw. εἶναι understd.believe that gods exist, believe in the godsE. Ar. Pl.

ShortDef

to lead; to consider, believe

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Headword:

ἡγέομαι

Headword (normalized):

ἡγέομαι

Headword (normalized/stripped):

ηγεομαι

Intro Text:

ἡγέομαι

dial.ᾱ̔γέομαι

IDX:

16946

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-16947

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  "citations": [],
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