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ἡγεμον-ικός

egemonikos

of, for a leader, ready to lead, guide

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Where it lives

Meditations 46 · 15.82/10k
Enchiridion 2 · 4.03/10k
Discourses 24 · 3.23/10k
Machabaeorum IV 1 · 1.3/10k
Symposium 1 · 1.05/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9 · 0.84/10k
Politics 4 · 0.61/10k
Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
Philebus 1 · 0.57/10k
Protagoras 1 · 0.56/10k
Memorabilia 2 · 0.56/10k
Psalmi 1 · 0.29/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

of, for a leader, ready to lead, guide, vital

of or for a leader, ready to lead or guide, πρός τι X. Mem. 2.3.14 (Comp.); πρὸς τὰ πονηρά Id. Cyr. 2.2.25; κλῆμα -ώτατον τῆς ἀμπέλου Gp. 4.13.4; ἡ. τόπος vital spot, Vett.Val. 38.13.

II capable of command, authoritative, authoritative, the authoritative part of the soul, the governing part, like a leader, more like an Emperor

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 authorita

= Lat. consularis, Plu. Pomp. 26.

3 of, belonging to the prefect of Egypt

of or belonging to the prefect of Egypt, ὑπηρέτης CPR 18.35 (ii A.D.); πλοῖα POxy. 2116.1 (iii A.D.).

4 payment to a ἡγεμών

-κά, τά, payment to a ἡγεμών, ἐδίδοτο Κλέωνι ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ ἡ. . . καὶ σῖτος ἀκόλουθος PLond.ined. 2089 (iii B.C.).

In the wild

ἡγεμονικωτάτη · hēgemonikōtatē Aristotle, Metaphysics book 3 (DIORISIS sentence 466)
ἡγεμονικώτερον · hēgemonikōteron Aristotle, Politics 1259b (DIORISIS sentence 280)
ἡγεμονικῶν · hēgemonikōn Aristotle, Politics 1288a (DIORISIS sentence 1381)
ἡγεμονικοὺς · hēgemonikous Aristotle, Politics 1308a (DIORISIS sentence 2008)
ἡγεμονικὸν · hēgemonikon Aristotle, Politics 1327b (DIORISIS sentence 2626)
ἡγεμονικόν · hēgemonikon Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.prologue (DIORISIS sentence 142)

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