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ἐξηγητής

exegetes

one who leads on, adviser

Appears 18 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐξηγητής, οῦ, ὁ, A. one who leads on, adviser, πρηγμάτων ἀγαθῶν Hdt. 5.31 codd.; οὑτοσὶ δὲ . . ἁπάντων ἦν τούτων ὁ ἐ. D. 35.17. II. expounder, interpreter, esp. of oracles, dreams, or omens, Hdt. 1.78; at Athens, of sacred rites or customs, modes of burial, expiation, etc., spiritual director, Pl. Euthphr. 4d,9a, Lg. 759c, 759e, 775a, D. 47.68, Is. 8.39, Thphr. Char. 16.6: as an official title, ἐ. Πυθόχρηστος IG 3.241; ἐ. ἐξ Εὐπατριδῶν ib.267; ἐ. ἐξ Εὐμολπιδῶν Lys. 6.10, etc., cf. Suid. s.v.; πάτριος ἐ., of Apollo, Pl. R. 427c. b. at Rome, of the pontifices, D.H. 2.73. 2. guide, cicerone, to temples, etc., Paus. 5.15.10, SIG 1021.20 (Olympia). 3. commentator, Gal. 15.518, Mich. in EN 50.8.
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