ἐξηγ-έομαι,
to be leader of, with genitive person, τῶν δ᾽ ἐξηγείσθω [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.806 (for 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.116, see 11.3). ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 with accusative person, lead, govern, in [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus, τὰς πόλεις 1.76; τὴν Πελοπόννησον [prev. work] 71. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.b absolutely, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.151, 9.11. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 with dative person et accusative of things, show one the way to, τοῖσι ἐχθροῖσι τῆς πατρίδος ἅλωσιν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.135; ἃ δ᾽ ἐξηγεῖσθε τοῖς ξυμμάχοις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.55 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with dative person only, go before, lead, ἡμῖν [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1589, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative loci only, lead the way to, χῶρον [[[prev. work] 1520. ] Refs]
__4 with genitive of things, ἐ. τῆς πράξεως [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.29; with _dative_ _person_ added, πᾶσι κάλλους τε καὶ τελειότητος 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 4.132d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 ἐ. εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα lead an army into Greece, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.6.34. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II dictate a form of words, ἐ. τὸν νόμον τῷ κήρυκι [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.70 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐξηγοῦ θεούς dictate, name them, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 745. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]