ἐξηγητής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἐξηγητοῦ, ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[one who leads on]], [[adviser]], πρηγμάτων ἀγαθῶν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.31 codd.; οὑτοσὶ δὲ . . ἁπάντων ἦν τούτων ὁ ἐξηγητής D.35.17.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[expounder]], [[interpreter]], especially of [[oracle]]s, [[dream]]s, or [[omen]]s, [[Herodotus|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, ἐξηγητής [[Πυθόχρηστος]] IG3.241; ἐξηγητής ἐξ Εὐπατριδῶν ib.267; ἐξηγητής ἐξ Εὐμολπιδῶν Lys.6.10, etc., cf. Suid.s.v.; [[πάτριος]] ἐξηγητής, of [[Apollo]], Pl.R.427c.<br><span class="bld">b</span> at [[Rome]], of the [[pontifex|pontifices]], D.H.2.73.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[guide]], [[cicerone]], to [[temple]]s, etc., Paus.5.15.10, SIG1021.20 (Olympia).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[commentator]], Gal. 15.518, Mich.in EN50.8.