ἐξηγητής

English (LSJ)

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 IG3.241; 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, SIG1021.20 (Olympia).    3 commentator, Gal. 15.518, Mich.in EN50.8.