ἀφηγ-έομαι,
Ionic dialect ἀπηγ-, lead the way from a point, and so generally, lead the way, go first, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 760d, etc.; οἱ ἀφηγούμενοι ] Refs 5th c.BC+]the van, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.8.37] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τῆς ἀποικίας, τῆς ἀγέλης, to be leader of.., [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 514, “Mir.” 831a22; πρεσβείας 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.3.1; τῆς σχολῆς 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 4.14; τῆς Ἀκαδημείας 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “Academicorum Index” p.57 M.; ζῴων 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 2.38] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἀφηγησαμένῳ δὴ τὸ τέλος ἐγένετο died without ever taking up his command, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “Academicorum Index” p.61M. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II tell, relate, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.24, +others, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 186] Refs 5th c.BC+]; assert, [[ 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 2.7] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—perfect in passive sense, ἀπήγηταί μοί τι[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.62; τὸ ἀπηγημένον ] Refs 5th c.BC+]what has been told, [[ [prev. author] 1.207, compare 9.26.] Refs]