ἡγεμών

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἁγεμών (hagemṓn) — Doric
• ἁγίμων (hagímōn) — Aeolic
• ἡγήτωρ (hēgḗtōr) — Epic

Etymology

From ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai, “to lead”) +‎ -μων (-mōn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.ɡe.mɔ̌ːn/ → /i.ʝeˈmon/ → /i.ʝeˈmon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.ɡe.mɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝.ɡeˈmon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.ʝeˈmon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.ʝeˈmon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ʝeˈmon/

Noun

ἡγεμών • (hēgemṓn) m (genitive ἡγεμόνος); third declension

1. one who goes first
2. (Odyssey) guide
3. leader, chief
4. governor, prince, ruler

Declension

Third declension of ὁ / ἡ ἡγεμών; τοῦ / τῆς ἡγεμόνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ / ἡ ἡγεμών ho / hē hēgemṓn	τὼ ἡγεμόνε tṑ hēgemóne	οἱ / αἱ ἡγεμόνες hoi / hai hēgemónes
Genitive	τοῦ / τῆς ἡγεμόνος toû / tês hēgemónos	τοῖν ἡγεμόνοιν toîn hēgemónoin	τῶν ἡγεμόνων tôn hēgemónōn
Dative	τῷ / τῇ ἡγεμόνῐ tōî / tēî hēgemónĭ	τοῖν ἡγεμόνοιν toîn hēgemónoin	τοῖς / ταῖς ἡγεμόσῐ / ἡγεμόσῐν toîs / taîs hēgemósĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν / τὴν ἡγεμόνᾰ tòn / tḕn hēgemónă	τὼ ἡγεμόνε tṑ hēgemóne	τοὺς / τᾱ̀ς ἡγεμόνᾰς toùs / tā̀s hēgemónăs
Vocative	ἡγεμών hēgemṓn	ἡγεμόνε hēgemóne	ἡγεμόνες hēgemónes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἡγεμών; ἡγεμόνος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡγεμών hēgemṓn	ἡγεμόνε hēgemóne	ἡγεμόνες hēgemónes
Genitive	ἡγεμόνος hēgemónos	ἡγεμόνοιῐ̈ν hēgemónoiĭ̈n	ἡγεμόνων hēgemónōn
Dative	ἡγεμόνῐ hēgemónĭ	ἡγεμόνοιῐ̈ν hēgemónoiĭ̈n	ἡγεμόσῐ / ἡγεμόσῐν / ἡγεμόνεσῐ / ἡγεμόνεσῐν / ἡγεμόνεσσῐ / ἡγεμόνεσσῐν hēgemósĭ(n) / hēgemónesĭ(n) / hēgemónessĭ(n)
Accusative	ἡγεμόνᾰ hēgemónă	ἡγεμόνε hēgemóne	ἡγεμόνᾰς hēgemónăs
Vocative	ἡγεμών hēgemṓn	ἡγεμόνε hēgemóne	ἡγεμόνες hēgemónes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• ἡγεμόνευμα (hēgemóneuma)
• ἡγεμονεύς (hēgemoneús)
• ἡγεμονεύω (hēgemoneúō)
• ἡγεμόνη (hēgemónē)
• ἡγεμονίᾱ (hēgemoníā)
• ἡγεμονικός (hēgemonikós)
• ἡγεμόνιος (hēgemónios)
• ἡγεμονίς (hēgemonís)
• ἡγεμόσυνα (hēgemósuna)

Related terms

• ἡγητήρ (hēgētḗr)

Descendants

• Greek: ηγεμόνας (igemónas)
• → Aramaic:
  • Classical Syriac: ܗܝܓܡܘܢܐ (hêḡmōnāʾ)
• → Coptic: ϩⲏⲅⲉⲙⲱⲛ (hēgemōn)
• → English: hegemon
• → Hebrew: הֶגְמוֹן (heḡmôn)
• → Middle Iranian:

  Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭧𐭩𐭪𐭬𐭥𐭭 (hykmwn /⁠hēgimōn⁠/) (As Graeco-Roman politician's title)

  Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭇𐭉𐭊𐭌𐭅𐭍 (hykmwn /⁠hēgemōn⁠/) (As Graeco-Roman politician's title)

  Manichaean script: 𐫍𐫏𐫃𐫖𐫇𐫗 (hygmwn /⁠hēgemōn⁠/, “ruler, governor”)

• → Old Armenian: հեգեմոն (hegemon), հոգեմոն (hogemon)
• → Old Church Slavonic: игемонъ (igemonŭ)
• → Russian: гегемо́н (gegemón)

References

• “ἡγεμών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἡγεμών”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἡγεμών”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἡγεμών in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἡγεμών in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G2232 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • active agent idem, page 10.
  • author idem, page 53.
  • captain idem, page 112.
  • champion idem, page 123.
  • chief idem, page 129.
  • commander idem, page 146.
  • conductor idem, page 157.
  • conductress idem, page 157.
  • escort idem, page 282.
  • fomenter idem, page 332.
  • general idem, page 355.
  • guide idem, page 378.
  • head idem, page 389.
  • instigator idem, page 446.
  • leader idem, page 482.
  • lord idem, page 500.
  • mover idem, page 545.
  • moving spirit idem, page 545.
  • originator idem, page 580.
  • overlord idem, page 585.
  • pioneer idem, page 614.
  • prime idem, page 640.
  • prince idem, page 641.
  • principal idem, page 641.
  • prompter idem, page 653.
  • ringleader idem, page 716.