The corpus record

ἡγέομαι

egeomai

to lead, direct

Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.

Distribution

Defense Against a Charge of Subverting the Democracy 16 · 79.4/10k
Against The Corn-Dealers 7 · 62.33/10k
Defense Against A Charge Of Taking Bribes 8 · 61.82/10k
Against Philocrates 4 · 60.51/10k
In Defense of Mantitheus 6 · 52.54/10k
Lovers 12 · 50.19/10k
Defense in the Matter of the Olive Stump 10 · 49.38/10k
Against Simon 10 · 45.91/10k
Against Alcibiades 1 11 · 45.61/10k
Against Epicrates and his Fellow-envoys 3 · 40.05/10k
Trapeziticus 13 · 39.04/10k
On the Navy-Boards 10 · 38.91/10k

Densest 12 of 240 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

Senses

1. ἡγέομαι · hēgeomai — Beekes

to lead, direct

2. ἡγέομαι · hēgeomai — Chantraine

στρατηγός, etc

3. ἡγέομαι · hēgeomai — Chantraine

dor

4. ἡγέομαι · hēgeomai — Chantraine

agent : 3) ἡγεμών, -uévos (noter l

5. ἡγέομαι · hēgeomai — Chantraine

on trouve un correspondant proche dans le lat

6. ἡγέομαι · hēgeomai — Frisk

vorangehen, führen

7. ἡγέομαι · hēgeomai — Frisk

Myk

8. ἡγέομαι · hēgeomai — LSJ

go before, lead the way

Attestations

ἡγήσαιτο · hēgēsaito Iliad 2.687
ἡγησάσθω · hēgēsasthō Iliad 9.168
ἡγήσασθαι · hēgēsasthai Iliad 22.101
ἡγήσαιτο · hēgēsaito Odyssey 6.114
ἡγήσαιτο · hēgēsaito Odyssey 6.300
ἡγήσαιο · hēgēsaio Odyssey 7.22

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Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) scan pp. 555-556; entry #2417 Review: Under source audit
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque scan p. 419; entry #2953 Review: Under source audit
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch scan pp. 653-654; entry #2298 Review: Under source audit

The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.

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