προ-)ἡγήτειρα

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `lead, go ahead', posthom. also `think, believe';

Other forms: Dor. ἁγ-, aor. ἡγήσασθαι, fut. ἡγήσομαι (Il.), perf. ἥγημαι, ἅγ- (Hdt., Pi.), aor. pass. ἡγήθην (Pl. Lg. 770b)

Compounds: very often with prefix in different meanings, δι-, εἰσ-, ἐξ-, καθ-, περι-, ὑφ- etc. As 1. member in governing compp., e. g. `Ηγησί-λεως, Άγησί-λαος (Hdt.; also as appellative) - Also ἡγέ-ομαι as 2. member in formations in - της, e. g. κυν-ηγέτης "leader of dogs", `hunter' (Od.), ἀρχ-ηγέτης, f. - τις `who has the power, originator' (Hdt.), partly beside - ηγός and connected with ἄγω, s. Chantraine Et. sur le vocab. gr. 88ff., Sommer 12 w. n. 1. Another compound with σ-stem is περι-ηγής `forming a circle' (Emp., A. R.).

Derivatives: Many derivv., also from the compp. (Dor. forms not sep. noted). Nomina actionis: 1. ἥγησις `leading' (LXX), older and more usual εἰσ-, ἐξ-, δι-, περι-, ὑφ-ήγησις etc. (cf. Holt Les noms d'action en - σις, s. index);. 2. ἥγημα `leading, opinion' (LXX, Pergamon), older and more usual ἀφ-, εἰσ-ήγημα etc. with - ηγημάτιον, - ηγηματικός. Nomina agentis: 3. ἡγεμών, - όνος m. `leader' (Il.; on the formation Schwyzer 522, Fraenkel Glotta 32, 25f,; also from the compp., e. g. καθηγεμών) with ἡγεμονεύω `lead, rule' (Il.; like βασιλεύω), rarely - έω (Pl.; cf. Fraenkel Denom. 184f., Schwyzer 732), ἡγεμον-ία, ἡγεμόνευ-μα, ἡγεμον-ικός a. o.; fem. ἡγεμόνη surname of Artemis a. o. (Call.; Schwyzer 490 n. 4, Sommer Nominalkomp. 145). 4. ` Ηγήμων Att. PN (cf. ἥγημα). 5. ἡγήτωρ, - ορος m. `id.' (Il.), Άγήτωρ surname of Zeus in Sparta (X.), also name of the Aphrodite-priests in Cyprus (E. Kretschmer Glotta 18, 87). 6. ἡγητήρ, - ῆρος m. `id.' (Pi., S.; also ὑφ-, προ-, καθ-ηγητήρ [trag.]) with ( προ-)ἡγήτειρα (A. R.), - τήριος (Ath.). 7. ἡγητής `id.' (A. Supp. 239), usually εἰσ-, ἐξ-, δι-, καθ-, προ-ηγητής (IA); on semantic differentiation of ἡγήτωρ, - ητήρ Benveniste Noms d'agent 46; on ἡγητής Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 13. Adj. 8. ( ἐξ-, δι- etc.) ἡγητικός (hell.). - On ἡγηλάζω s. v.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [876] * seh₂g- `trace'

Etymology: Iterative present ἡγέομαι, ἁ̄γέομαι, from which all other forms were derived, has a close correspondence in the yot-presents Lat. sāgio `trace, track down' = Germ., e. g. Goth. sokjan `search, attack' (the latter could also be from * sāgeio\/e-). From WestIE. one adduces OIr. saigim, -id `trace something, search', prob a yot-present (from * sh₂g-), s. Thurneysen Grammar 354; for the vowel cf. Lat. săgāx. Uncertain is Hitt. šak-ḫi, -i `know'. - The word may come from the language of hunters, prop. `search'; further Schwyzer 29 and Chantraine l. c.

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