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ἡγήτωρ

egetor · ὁ

leader, commander, chief

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Where it lives

  • Iliad 29 · 2.6/10k
  • Odyssey 12 · 1.38/10k

What it meant — LSJ

leader, commander, chief, chiefs in war

leader, commander, chief, Τρώων, φυλάκων, Il. 3.153, 10.181; ἡγήτορες ἠδὲ μέδοντες chiefs in war and leaders in council, 2.79, etc.; ἡ. ὀνείρων, of Hermes, h.Merc. 14.

II

title of chief priest of Aphrodite in Cyprus, BMus.Inscr. 975.10 (Amathus), cf. Hsch. s.v. ἀγήτωρ.

In the wild

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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