ἀφηγέομαι

A. lead the way from a point, and so generally, lead the way, go first, Pl. Lg. 760d, etc.; οἱ ἀφηγούμενοι the van, X. HG 4.8.37; ἀ. τῆς ἀποικίας, τῆς ἀγέλης, to be leader of . . , Arist. Fr. 514, Mir. 831a22; πρεσβείας Str. 1.3.1; τῆς σχολῆς D.L. 4.14; τῆς Ἀκαδημείας Phld. Acad.Ind. p.57 M.; ζῴων Porph. Abst. 2.38; οὐκ ἀφηγησαμένῳ δὴ τὸ τέλος ἐγένετο died without ever taking up his command, Phld. Acad.Ind. p.61M.

II. tell, relate, Hdt. 1.24, al., E. Supp. 186; assert, Aret. CA 2.7:—pf. in pass. sense, ἀπήγηταί μοί τι Hdt. 5.62; τὸ ἀπηγημένον what has been told, Id. 1.207, cf. 9.26.