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Ancient Greek
Etymology From ἡγέομαι ( hēgéomai , “ to lead ” ) + -μων ( -mōn ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /hɛː.ɡe.mɔ̌ːn/ → /i.ʝeˈmon/ → /i.ʝeˈmon/
Noun ἡγεμών • (hēgemṓn ) m genitive ἡγεμόνος third declension
one who goes first
(Odyssey) guide
leader , chief governor , prince , ruler
Declension
ὁ ἡ ἡγεμών ho, hē hēgemṓn
τὼ ἡγεμόνε tṑ hēgemóne
οἱ αἱ ἡγεμόνες hoi, hai hēgemónes
τοῦ τῆς ἡγεμόνος toû, tês hēgemónos
τοῖν ἡγεμόνοιν toîn hēgemónoin
τῶν ἡγεμόνων tôn hēgemónōn
τῷ τῇ ἡγεμόνῐ tôi, têi hēgemónĭ
τοῖν ἡγεμόνοιν toîn hēgemónoin
τοῖς ταῖς ἡγεμόσῐ ἡγεμόσῐν toîs, taîs hēgemósĭ(n)
τὸν τὴν ἡγεμόνᾰ tòn, tḕn hēgemónă
τὼ ἡγεμόνε tṑ hēgemóne
τοὺς τᾱ̀ς ἡγεμόνᾰς toùs, tā̀s hēgemónăs
ἡγεμών hēgemṓn
ἡγεμόνε hēgemóne
ἡγεμόνες hēgemónes
Derived terms
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 Liddell & Scott (1940 ) A Greek–English Lexicon
“ἡγεμών Liddell & Scott (1889 ) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon , New York: Harper & Brothers
“ἡγεμών Autenrieth, Georg (1891 ) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges , New York: Harper and Brothers
ἡγεμών Bailly, Anatole (1935 ) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français Bauer, Walter et al. (2001 ) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature ἡγεμών 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 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.