ἐξηγ-ητής, οῦ, ὁ,
one who leads on, adviser, πρηγμάτων ἀγαθῶν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.31 codices; οὑτοσὶ δὲ.. ἁπάντων ἦν τούτων ὁ ἐ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.17. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II expounder, interpreter, especially of oracles, dreams, or omens, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.78 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; at Athens, of sacred rites or customs, modes of burial, expiation, etc., spiritual director, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 4d, 9a, “Lg.” 759c, 759e, 775a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.68, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.39, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 16.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: as an official title, ἐ. Πυθόχρηστος [[ “IG” 3.241; ἐ. ἐξ Εὐπατριδῶν [prev. work]267; ἐ. ἐξ Εὐμολπιδῶν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.10, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+], cf. Suid. see entry ; πάτριος ἐ., of Apollo, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 427c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.b at Rome, of the pontifices, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.73. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.2 guide, cicerone, to temples, etc., [[ 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 5.15.10, “SIG” 1021.20 (from Olympia). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.3 commentator, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.518, 11th-12th c.AD: Michael Ephesius Philosophus “in Ethica Nicomachea commentarium - pars” 50.8. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]