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ἡγεμονικός

ἡγεμονικός, ready to lead

ἡγεμον-ικός, ή, όν,
  • 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, 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 authoritative part of the soul (reason), esp. in Stoic philosophy, Zeno Stoic. 1.39, etc.; but also, the governing part of the universe, of the aether or sun, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.186, 192, Cleanth. ib. 1.112. Adv. -κῶς like a leader, opp. δεσποτικῶς, Arist. Fr. 658; ἡ. καὶ βασιλικῶς Plb. 2.64.6, cf. Procl. in Alc. p.52 C.: Comp. -ώτερον more like an Emperor, J. AJ 19.4.2.
      • 2 = Lat. consularis, Plu. Pomp. 26.
      • 3 of or belonging to the prefect of Egypt, ὑπηρέτης CPR 18.35 (ii A.D.); πλοῖα POxy. 2116.1 (iii A.D.).
      • 4 -κά, τά, payment to a ἡγεμών, ἐδίδοτο Κλέωνι ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ ἡ. . . καὶ σῖτος ἀκόλουθος PLond.ined. 2089 (iii B.C.).

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