ἐξηγέομαι

English (LSJ)

   A to be leader of, c. gen. pers., τῶν δ' 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 δ' ἐξηγεῖσθε τοῖς ξυμμάχοις Th.3.55: c. dat. pers. only, go before, lead, ἡμῖν S.OC1589, 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 δ' 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; δίδασκ' ἄπειρον ἐξηγουμένη A.Ch.118, cf. S.OC1284, 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.Ion531a; ὁ τὸν Ἡράκλειτον . . ἐξηγούμενος Antiph.113.3; τὰ νόμιμα D.47.69: abs., ἄγραφοι νόμοι καθ' οὓς Εὐμολπίδαι ἐξηγοῦνται according to which they expound things, Lys.6.10, cf. And.1.116 (leg. κηρύκων ὤν); cf. ἐξηγητής 11.    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.