ἥγημα
From LSJ
τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην δὲ σκάφην ὀνομάζειν → call a spade a spade | speak the truth | speak straight from the shoulder | give it straight from the shoulder | give the straight goods | not to mince matters | not to mince words | not mince words | call things by their right names | call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel | call a shovel a shovel | call a spade a spade, not a big spoon
English (LSJ)
-ατος, τό,
A that which guides, Inscr.Perg.246.27.
II (ἡγέομαι III) thought, purpose, LXX Ez.17.3.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1151] τό, Anführung, Anleitung, Rat, LXX., VLL.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἥγημα: τό, σκέψις, σκοπός, Ἑβδ. (Ἐζεκ. ιζ΄, 3) Ἐκκλ.
Greek Monolingual
ἥγημα, τὸ (Α) ηγούμαι
1. καθετί που οδηγεί, οδηγία
2. σκέψη, σκοπός («ἔχει τὸ ἥγημα εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὸν Λίβανον», ΠΔ).
