lead the way, προτὶ Ἴλιον Il. 16.92; πρὸς δώματα, ἀγορήνδε, λέχοσδε, δεῦρο, Od. 3.386, 8.4, 23.293, 17.372; πρόσθʼ ἡγεμόνευεν 22.400, 24.155; αὖλιν ἐφʼ ἡμετέρην Theoc. 25.60; ἐπιθυμίας καὶ ἔρωτος ἡγεμονεύσαντος Pl. Smp. 197a:
dat. pers., Od. 3.386, 8.4, Hes. Th. 387, etc.; τῇ ἴμεν, ᾗ κεν δὴ σὺ . . ἡγεμονεύῃς Il. 15.46; ὁδὸν ἡ. to lead the way, ἐγὼ δʼ ὁδὸν ἡγεμονεύσω Od. 6.261, cf. Parm. 1.5: twice in Hom., c. dat. et acc., τοῖσι γέρων ὁδὸν ἡγεμόνευε Od. 24.225; ὕδατι ῥόον ἡ. make a course for the water, Il. 21.258.
lead in war, rule, command, once in Hom., c. dat., Τρωσὶ μὲν ἡγεμόνευε . . Ἕκτωρ 2.816: elsewh., c. gen., Λοκρῶν δʼ ἡ. Αἴας ib. 527, cf. 552, Hdt. 7.99, 160, etc.; ἡγεμόνων ἡ. X. Ages. 1.3, etc.; ἡ. τῆς σκέψεως to take the lead in it, Pl. Prt. 351e: abs., to have or take the command, Hdt. 8.2; ἡ. ἐν πόλει Pl. R. 474c:— Pass., to be ruled, ὑπό τινος Th. 3.61.—Signf. ΙΙ never occurs in Od., and signf. I rarely in Il.
to be governor, τῆς Συρίας Eu. Luc. 2.2: abs., PTeb. 302.7 (i A.D.), IGRom. 3.162 (Ancyra, ii A.D.), etc.