ἡγέομαι ἄγω Dep. to go before, lead the way, Hom., etc.:—c. dat. pers. to lead the way for him, guide, conduct, Hom.:—also, ὁδὸν ἡγήσασθαι to go before on the way, Lat. praeire viam, Od. c. dat. pers. et gen. rei, to be oneʼs leader in a thing, ἀοιδὸς ἡμῖν ἡγείσθω ὀρχηθμοῖο Od.; ἡγ. τινι σοφίας, ὠιδῆς Pind., etc.:—and c. gen. rei only, ἡγ. νόμων to lead the song, Pind., etc. c. acc. rei, to lead, conduct, τὰς πομπάς Dem., etc. to lead an army or fleet, c. dat., Hom., etc.:—c. gen. to be the leader or commander of, Hom. absol., οἱ ἡγούμενοι the rulers, Soph.; ἡγούμενοι ἐν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς leading men, NTest. to suppose, believe, hold, Lat. ducere, Hdt., etc.; ἡγ. τι εἶναι Hdt. with an attributive word added, ἡγ. τινα βασιλέα to hold or regard as king, Hdt.; ἡγ. τι περὶ πολλοῦ Hdt.; περὶ πλείστου Thuc. ἡγ. θεούς to believe in gods, Eur., etc.; cf. νομίζω II. ἡγοῦμαι δεῖν, to think it fit, deem it necessary to do, c. inf., Dem.; without δεῖν, παθεῖν μᾶλλον ἡγησάμενοι ἤ . . Thuc. the perf. is used in pass. sense, τὰ ἁγημένα τὰ νομιζόμενα, ap. Dem.