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Med., to be in want of, τινός Hdt. 1.32, Pl. Smp. 204a, X. Smp. 8.16, etc.; ἀρχὴν τριάκοντα ἐπιδεομένην ἡμερῶν lacking thirty days of its expiry, Pl. Lg. 766c.
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capable of command, authoritative, ψυχὴ ἐν τοῖς ἥλιξι ἡ. X. Smp. 8.16; ἡ. φύσις Philol. 11; ἡ. τὴν φύσιν Pl. Phdr. 252e; ἡ. τέχναι Id. Phlb. 55d; οἱ κατʼ ἀρετὴν ἡ. πρὸς πολιτικὴν ἀρχήν Arist. Pol. 1288a12; τὸ ἄρρεν . . τοῦ θήλεος -ώτερον ib. 1259b2; -ωτάτη [ἐπιστήμη] Id. Metaph. 996b10; ἡ. καὶ πολιτικὸς βίος (sc. τῆς πόλεως) Id. Pol. 1327b5; ζῴδια viz. Aries, Leo, Sagittarius, Cat.Cod.Astr. 1.165, Ptol. Tetr. 34; ἡγεμονικόν, authoritative, of knowledge, Pl. Prt. 352b; τὸ ἡγεμονικόν the authoritative part of the soul (reason), esp. in Stoic philosophy, Zeno Stoic. 1.39, etc.; but also, the governing part of the universe, of the aether or sun, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.186, 192, Cleanth. ib. 1.112. Adv. -κῶς like a leader, opp. δεσποτικῶς, Arist. Fr. 658; ἡ. καὶ βασιλικῶς Plb. 2.64.6, cf. Procl. in Alc. p.52C.: Comp. -ώτερον more like an Emperor, J. AJ 19.4.2.
kindly disposed, friendly, Κροίσου φ. ἀρετά Pi. P. 1.94; φ. Ἡσυχία ib. 8.1; φ. σαίνουσα . . Ἄτα A. Pers. 97 (lyr.); φ. γένος E. IT 1061; τὸν στρατηγὸν εἶναι χρὴ φ. καὶ ὠμόν X. Mem. 3.1.6, cf. Smp. 8.16; φιλοφρονέστατοι, of the Athenians, Id. Mem. 3.5.3; φ. πρός τινα Phld. Lib. p.35 O.; τὸ φ., = φιλοφροσύνη, Plu. Suav. 2.1102e. Adv. -νως, ἀσπάζεσθαί, δέξασθαί, δέκεσθαί τινα to greet kindly, welcome, Hdt. 2.121.δʹ, 3.13, 5.18, cf. S. Aj. 751; φ. ἔχειν πρὸς ἀλλήλους, πρὸς τὸ συγγενὲς θεῖον, to be kindly minded towards . ., X. Cyr. 3.3.10, Pl. Criti. 120e; φ. βλέπειν to wear a kind, friendly look, X. Mem. 3.10.4; φ. ὑπάρχει τᾷ πόλει Supp.Epigr. 2.277.6 ( Delph., ii B. C.): Comp. -εστέρως ἔχειν τὰ ὄμματα X. Smp. 1.10.