ἐξηγητής

A. one who leads on, adviser, πρηγμάτων ἀγαθῶν Hdt. 5.31 codd.; οὑτοσὶ δὲ . . ἁπάντων ἦν τούτων ὁ ἐ. D. 35.17.

II. expounder, interpreter, esp. of oracles, dreams, or omens, Hdt. 1.78; at Athens, of sacred rites or customs, modes of burial, expiation, etc., spiritual director, Pl. Euthphr. 4d,9a, Lg. 759c, 759e, 775a, D. 47.68, Is. 8.39, Thphr. Char. 16.6: as an official title, ἐ. Πυθόχρηστος IG 3.241; ἐ. ἐξ Εὐπατριδῶν ib.267; ἐ. ἐξ Εὐμολπιδῶν Lys. 6.10, etc., cf. Suid.s.v.; πάτριος ἐ., of Apollo, Pl. R. 427c.

b. at Rome, of the pontifices, D.H. 2.73.

2. guide, cicerone, to temples, etc., Paus. 5.15.10, SIG 1021.20 (Olympia).

3. commentator, Gal. 15.518, Mich. in EN 50.8.