ἀλληγορέω

A. interpret allegorically, Ἕλληνες Κρόνον ἀλληγοροῦσι τὸν χρόνον Plu. 2.363d, cf. 996b, Heraclit. All. 1 :—Pass., to be spoken allegorically, Ep.Gal. 4.24 ; ἀλληγορεῖται ἁ Ἀπόλλων εἰς τὸν Ἥλιον, Sch.S. Aj. 186.

2. abs., speak figuratively or metaphorically, Demetr. Eloc. 151,285; speak allegorically, J. AJProoem.

4. ἀλληγορ‐ητής, οῦ, ὁ, allegorical expounder, Eust. 123.32.