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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> to [[be leader of]], c. gen. pers., τῶν δ' ἐξηγείσθω Il.2.806 (for And.1.116, v. 11.3).<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. pers., [[lead]], [[govern]], in Th., τὰς πόλεις 1.76; <b class="b3">τὴν Πελοπόννησον</b> ib.71.<br><span class="bld">b</span> abs., [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.151, 9.11.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. dat. pers. et acc. rei, [[show one the way to]], τοῖσι ἐχθροῖσι τῆς πατρίδος ἅλωσιν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.135; ἃ δ' ἐξηγεῖσθε τοῖς ξυμμάχοις Th.3.55: c. dat. pers. only, [[go before]], [[lead]], ἡμῖν [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''1589, etc.: c. acc. loci only, [[lead the way to]], χῶρον ib.1520.<br><span class="bld">4</span> c. gen. rei, ἐξηγέομαι τῆς πράξεως [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''2.1.29; with dat. pers. added, πᾶσι κάλλους τε καὶ τελειότητος Jul.''Or.''4.132d.<br><span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">ἐξηγέομαι εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα</b> [[lead]] an [[army]] into [[Greece]], X.''An.''6.6.34.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[dictate]] a form of words, ἐξηγέομαι τὸν νόμον τῷ κήρυκι D.19.70; <b class="b3">ἐξηγοῦ θεούς</b> [[dictate]], [[name]] them, [[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Medea|Med.]]'' 745.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[prescribe]], [[order]], ποιήσουσι τοῦτο τὸ ἂν κεῖνος ἐξηγέηται [[Herodotus|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, <b class="b3">οἷς τῶν ἄλλων θεῶν οἱ Μάγοι ἐξηγοῦντο</b>, = τοῖς ἄλλοις θεοῖς [[οὕς]] . . [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.3.11, cf. 4.5.51,7.3.1; τί φῶ; δίδασκ' [[ἄπειρον]] ἐξηγουμένη A.''Ch.''118, cf. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''1284, etc.; οὗτος ὁ θεὸς περὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα . . ἐ. Pl.''R.'' 427c, cf. 469a.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[expound]], [[interpret]], ἐξηγέομαι τὸ οὔνομα καὶ τὴν θυσίην [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.49; τὸν ποιητήν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''407a; ἃ [[Ὅμηρος]] λέγει Id.''Ion''531a; ὁ τὸν Ἡράκλειτον . . [[ἐξηγούμενος]] Antiph.113.3; τὰ νόμιμα D.47.69: abs., <b class="b3">ἄγραφοι νόμοι καθ' οὓς Εὐμολπίδαι ἐξηγοῦνται</b> according to which they [[expound]] things, Lys.6.10, cf. And.1.116 (leg. <b class="b3">κηρύκων ὤν</b>); cf. [[ἐξηγητής]] ''ΙΙ''.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[tell at length]], [[relate in full]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.3, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''216, 702, Th.5.26; [[set forth]], [[explain]], <b class="b3">τὴν ἔλασιν</b> the [[line]] of [[march]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 3.4, 7.6; ἃ μετὰ χεῖρας ἔχοι καὶ ἐξηγήσασθαι οἷός τε Th.1.138; τὰ τοῦ νομοθέτου βουλήματα [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''802c, cf. ''R.''474c: c. acc. et inf., [[explain]] that... [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''320: followed by relat., ἐ. ὁτέῳ τρόπῳ . . [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.72. etc.; ἐ. περί τινος X.''Lac.''2.1.