ἡγεμών
"one who leads", Lat. dux: and so,
I. in Od., "a guide" to shew the way, so Hdt., etc.; ἡγ. γενέσθαι τινὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ id=Hdt.
2. "one who is an authority" to others, Lat. dux, auctor, τοῖς νεωτέροις ἡγ. ἠθῶν γίγνεσθαι Plat.; ἡγεμόνα εἶναί τινος to be the cause of a thing, Xen., etc.
II. in Il., "a leader, commander, chief", ἡγεμόνες Δαναῶν, φυλάκων, Il., etc.; ἔχοντες ἡγεμόνας τῶν πάνυ στρατηγῶν having some of the best generals as "commanders", Thuc.: "a chief, sovereign", Pind., Soph., etc.
b. = Rom. "Emperor", Plut.: also "a provincial governor", NTest.