ἡγεμονεύς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ᾱ̔γεμονεύς (hāgemoneús) — Doric

Etymology

ἡγεμών (hēgemṓn) +‎ -εύς (-eús)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.ɡe.mo.něu̯s/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝.ɡe.moˈneʍs/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.ʝe.moˈneɸs/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.ʝe.moˈnefs/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ʝe.moˈnefs/

Noun

ἡγεμονεύς • (hēgemoneús) m (genitive ἡγεμονῆος or ἡγεμονέος); third declension

(Epic) synonym of ἡγεμών (hēgemṓn)
- c. 450 CE – 470 CE, Nonnus, Dionysiaca 14.186–192:^[1]
  δώδεκα δὲ ξύμπαντας ἐκόσμεον ἡγεμονῆες,
  Σπαργεύς τε Γληνεύς τε χοροίτυπος, ἀλλοφυὴς δὲ
  σύνδρομος Εὐρυβίῳ σταφυληκόμος ἵκετο Κητεύς,
  καὶ Ῥιφόνῳ Πετραῖος ὁμάρτεεν, ἀκροπότης δὲ
  Αἴσακος Ὀρθάων τε συνέστιχον, οἷς μίαν ἄμφω
  Ἀμφίθεμις καὶ Φαῦνος ἐποιήσαντο πορείην,
  εὐκεράῳ δὲ Φάνητι συνέμπορος ἦλθε Νομείων.
  dṓdeka dè xúmpantas ekósmeon hēgemonêes,
  Spargeús te Glēneús te khoroítupos, allophuḕs dè
  súndromos Eurubíōi staphulēkómos híketo Kēteús,
  kaì Rhiphónōi Petraîos homárteen, akropótēs dè
  Aísakos Ortháōn te sunéstikhon, hoîs mían ámphō
  Amphíthemis kaì Phaûnos epoiḗsanto poreíēn,
  eukeráōi dè Phánēti sunémporos êlthe Nomeíōn.
  1940 translation by William Henry Denham Rouse^[2]
  Twelve captains commanded them all: Spargeus and Gleneus the dancer, and beside Eurybios the strange figure of Ceteus the vinedresser; Petraios with Rhiphonos, Aisacos the deep drinker and Orthaon, with whom marched both Amphithemis and Phaunos, and Nomeion side by side with wellhorned Phanes.

Declension

Third declension of ἡγεμονεύς; ἡγεμονῆος / ἡγεμονέος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡγεμονεύς hēgemoneús	ἡγεμονῆε hēgemonêe	ἡγεμονῆες hēgemonêes
Genitive	ἡγεμονῆος / ἡγεμονέος hēgemonêos / hēgemonéos	ἡγεμονήοιῐ̈ν hēgemonḗoiĭ̈n	ἡγεμονήων hēgemonḗōn
Dative	ἡγεμονῆῐ̈ / ἡγεμονέῐ̈ hēgemonêĭ̈ / hēgemonéĭ̈	ἡγεμονήοιῐ̈ν hēgemonḗoiĭ̈n	ἡγεμονεῦσῐ / ἡγεμονεῦσῐν / ἡγεμονήεσσῐ / ἡγεμονήεσσῐν hēgemoneûsĭ(n) / hēgemonḗessĭ(n)
Accusative	ἡγεμονῆᾰ / ἡγεμονέᾰ hēgemonêă / hēgemonéă	ἡγεμονῆε hēgemonêe	ἡγεμονῆᾰς hēgemonêăs
Vocative	ἡγεμονεῦ hēgemoneû	ἡγεμονῆε hēgemonêe	ἡγεμονῆες hēgemonêes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

“ἡγεμονεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἡγεμονεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἡγεμονεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἡγεμονεύς in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache‎^[3] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn