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ἐξηγέομαι

exegeomai

to be leader of

Appears 20 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐξηγέομαι, A. to be leader of, c. gen. pers., τῶν δʼ ἐξηγείσθω Il. 2.806 (for And. 1.116, v. 11.3). 2. c. acc. pers., lead, govern, in Th., τὰς πόλεις 1.76; τὴν Πελοπόννησον ib.71. b. abs., Hdt. 1.151, 9.11. 3. c. dat. pers. et acc. rei, show one the way to, τοῖσι ἐχθροῖσι τῆς πατρίδος ἅλωσιν Hdt. 6.135; ἃ δʼ ἐξηγεῖσθε τοῖς ξυμμάχοις Th. 3.55: c. dat. pers. only, go before, lead, ἡμῖν S. OC 1589, etc.: c. acc. loci only, lead the way to, χῶρον ib.1520. 4. c. gen. rei, ἐ. τῆς πράξεως X. Cyr. 2.1.29; with dat. pers. added, πᾶσι κάλλους τε καὶ τελειότητος Jul. Or. 4.132d. 5. ἐ. εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα lead an army into Greece, X. An. 6.6.34. II. dictate a form of words, ἐ. τὸν νόμον τῷ κήρυκι D. 19.70; ἐξηγοῦ θεούς dictate, name them, E. Med. 745. 2. generally, prescribe, order, ποιήσουσι τοῦτο τὸ ἂν κεῖνος ἐξηγέηται Hdt. 5.23; ὅ τι χρὴ ποιέειν ἐξηγέο σύ Id. 4.9, cf. 7.234; ᾗ ὁ νόμος ἐξηγεῖται Pl. R. 604b: of a diviner, c. inf., order one to do, A. Eu. 595; τἄλλα δʼ ἐξηγοῦ φίλοις Id. Ch. 552; esp. freq. of religious forms and ceremonies, οἷς τῶν ἄλλων θεῶν οἱ Μάγοι ἐξηγοῦντο, = τοῖς ἄλλοις θεοῖς οὕς . . X. Cyr. 8.3.11, cf. 4.5.51,7.3.1; τί φῶ; δίδασκʼ ἄπειρον ἐξηγουμένη A. Ch. 118, cf. S. OC 1284, etc.; οὗτος ὁ θεὸς περὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα . . ἐ. Pl. R. 427c, cf. 469a. 3. expound, interpret, ἐ. τὸ οὔνομα καὶ τὴν θυσίην Hdt. 2.49; τὸν ποιητήν Pl. Cra. 407a; ἃ Ὅμηρος λέγει Id. Ion 531a; ὁ τὸν Ἡράκλειτον . . ἐξηγούμενος Antiph. 113.3; τὰ νόμιμα D. 47.69: abs., ἄγραφοι νόμοι καθʼ οὓς Εὐμολπίδαι ἐξηγοῦνται according to which they expound things, Lys. 6.10, cf. And. 1.116 (leg. κηρύκων ὤν); cf. ἐξηγητής II. III. tell at length, relate in full, Hdt. 2.3, A. Pr. 216, 702, Th. 5.26; set forth, explain, τὴν ἔλασιν the line of march, Hdt. 3.4, 7.6; ἃ μετὰ χεῖρας ἔχοι καὶ -ήσασθαι οἷός τε Th. 1.138; τὰ τοῦ νομοθέτου βουλήματα Pl. Lg. 802c, cf. R. 474c: c. acc. et inf., explain that . ., S. Aj. 320: folld. by relat., ἐ. ὁτέῳ τρόπῳ . . Hdt. 3.72. etc.; ἐ. περί τινος X. Lac. 2.1.
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