ἀλληγορ-έω,
(ἀγορεύω) interpret allegorically, Ἕλληνες Κρόνον ἀλληγοροῦσι τὸν χρόνον[[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.363d, compare 996b, 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus “Allegoriae Quaestiones Homericae” 1] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, to be spoken allegorically, [[NT.Gal.4.24 ] NT]; ἀλληγορεῖται ἁ Ἀπόλλων εἰς τὸν Ἥλιον, [[Scholia 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 186. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 absolutely, speak figuratively or metaphorically, [[ 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 151, 285] Refs 4th c.BC+]; speak allegorically, [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “AJProoem.” ] Refs 1st c.AD+]