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καθηγ-έομαι

kathegeomai

act as guide, lead the way

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Where it lives

Enchiridion 2 · 4.03/10k
Acharnians 1 · 1.41/10k
Laches 1 · 1.3/10k
Epistles 2 · 1.18/10k
Histories 21 · 1.14/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7 · 0.65/10k
Symposium 1 · 0.57/10k
Cratylus 1 · 0.56/10k
Discourses 4 · 0.54/10k
Theaetetus 1 · 0.44/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

καθηγ-έομαι · kathēg-eomai — LSJ

act as guide, lead the way, guides

act as guide, lead the way, abs., Hdt. 9.40, 66, 6.135, Th. 6.4; οἱ κατηγεόμενοι the guides, Hdt. 7.130; σὺ καθηγοῦ, ἕψομαι δʼ ἐγώ Pl. Ep. 312b; κατ. τινὶ ἐς χώρους Hdt. 4.125, cf. 6.102; ἐπὶ Φωκέας Id. 7.215; also κατ. τινὶ ὁδόν Id. 9.104.

2 show, explain, indicate, he who was explaining

c. acc. rei, show, explain, indicate, τὸ ἕρμα κατ. τινί Id. 7.183, cf. X. An. 7.8.10; ὁ τὸν ποταμὸν κ. he who was explaining it, i.e. showing where it was fordable, Pl. Tht. 200e.

3 to begin, would be the beginning

c. gen., κ. τοῦ λόγου to begin the discourse, Id. Smp. 199c; ὧν καθηγήσαιτʼ ἂν τοῦτο of which this would be the beginning, Id. La. 182c.

b lead, command, exercise authority over

lead, command, exercise authority over, κ. τῆς στρατείας, τοῦ πολιτεύματος, Plu. Cam. 15, Thes. 35.

4 to be the first to do, establish, institute, will, begin

to be the first to do, establish, institute, Hdt. 2.49, 56: c. part., οὐ κατηγήσομαι νόμον τόνδε τιθείς I will not begin establishing this law, Id. 7.8.α.

5 instruct, teach, teacher, to be teacher of

instruct, teach, abs., Phld. Lib. p.21 O., al.; κ. γραμματιστοῦ τρόπον Diog.Oen. 11; ὁ καθηγησάμενος the teacher, Plu. Cons.Apoll. 2.120a: c. gen. pers., to be teacher of . . , Str. 14.5.14, D.H. Is. 1, Amm. 5.

6 to be antecedent

in Logic, to be antecedent, Stoic. 2.72.

In the wild

καταγῇ · katagēi Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 718)
καθηγήσατο · kathēgēsato Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.11 (DIORISIS sentence 1051)
καθηγήσατο · kathēgēsato Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.1 (DIORISIS sentence 183)
καθηγήσατο · kathēgēsato Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.prologue (DIORISIS sentence 84)
καθηγήσατο · kathēgēsato Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.prologue (DIORISIS sentence 83)
καθηγήσατο · kathēgēsato Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.3 (DIORISIS sentence 4300)

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