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|Full diacritics=ἀρχηγέτης
|Medium diacritics=ἀρχηγέτης
|Low diacritics=αρχηγέτης
|Capitals=ΑΡΧΗΓΕΤΗΣ
|Transliteration A=archēgétēs
|Transliteration B=archēgetēs
|Transliteration C=archigetis
|Beta Code=a)rxhge/ths
|Definition=ου, ὁ, fem. ἀρχηγέτις, ιδος (dat. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἀρχηγέτι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>644</span>); Dor. ἀρχᾱγέτας: (ἡγέομαι):—<b class="b2">first leader, author</b>, esp. <b class="b2">founder</b> of a city or family, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.86</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.78</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>9(1).61.49 (Daulis); title of Apollo at Cyrene, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>5.60</span>; at Naxos in Sicily, <span class="bibl">Th.6.3</span>; of Heracles at Sparta, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>6.3.6</span>; Asclepius in Phocis, <span class="bibl">Paus.10.32.12</span>; Helios at Rhodes, <span class="bibl">Aristid.<span class="title">Or.</span> 24(44).50</span>; freq. of <b class="b3">ἥρωες</b>, <span class="title">IG</span>2.1191, <span class="title">SIG</span>1024.40 (Myconos), etc.; so at Athens of <b class="b3">ἥρωες ἐπώνυμοι</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>126</span>, Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">D.43.66</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ δήμου ἀ</b>. the <b class="b2">tutelary hero</b> of the deme, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ly.</span>205d</span>; at Sparta of the kings, <b class="b3">ῥήτρα</b> ap. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lyc.</span>6</span>; so at Thera, <span class="title">IG</span>12(3).762; fem. <b class="b3">ἀρχηγέτις</b>, of Athena, <span class="title">IG</span>3.65, al., cf. <span class="title">BMus.Inscr.</span>481*.20 (Ephesus, ii A. D.); <b class="b3">τἀρχηγέτι</b>, = [[τῇ ἀρχηγέτιδι]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>644</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally, <b class="b2">leader, chief</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>184</span>,<span class="bibl">251</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>751</span>, etc.; later, <b class="b2">governor</b>, Chor. in <span class="title">Rev.Phil.</span>1.67: metaph., ἀ. φιλοσοφίας <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>6.188b</span>; of a philosophical school, τῆς ἀγωγῆς Phld.<span class="title">Sto.Herc.</span>339.12. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">first cause, author</b>, τύχης <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>891</span>; γένους <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Or.</span>555</span>.</span>
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