ἡγεμονία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἡγέομαι (hēgeomai, “I go before, lead”).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /hɛ͜ɛɡemoní.a͜a/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /heːɣɛmoníaː/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /iɣemonía/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /iʝemonía/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /iʝemonía/

Noun

ἡγεμονία (genitive ἡγεμονίας) f, first declension; (hēgemoniā)

1. the act of leading
2. supreme power, supremacy, command
3. office of governor, reign
4. a division of the army under its officer
5. chief thing, principal part

Inflection

First declension of ἡγεμονίᾱ, ἡγεμονίᾱς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἡγεμονίᾱ	τὼ ἡγεμονίᾱ	αἱ ἡγεμονίαι
Genitive	τῆς ἡγεμονίᾱς	τοῖν ἡγεμονίαιν	τῶν ἡγεμονιῶν
Dative	τῇ ἡγεμονίᾳ	τοῖν ἡγεμονίαιν	ταῖς ἡγεμονίαις
Accusative	τὴν ἡγεμονίᾱν	τὼ ἡγεμονίᾱ	τὰς ἡγεμονίᾱς
Vocative	ἡγεμονίᾱ	ἡγεμονίᾱ	ἡγεμονίαι

Related terms

• ἡγεμών
• ἡγεμονεύω

Descendants

• Russian: гегемония (gegemónija) f

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G2231