ἐξηγητής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐξηγέομαι (exēgéomai) + -τής (-tḗs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ek.sɛː.ɡɛː.tɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ek.se̝.ɡe̝ˈte̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ek.si.ʝiˈtis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ek.si.ʝiˈtis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ek.si.ʝiˈtis/
Noun
ἐξηγητής • (exēgētḗs) m (genitive ἐξηγητοῦ); first declension
- leader
- adviser
- expounder, interpreter (of oracles, dreams etc.)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἐξηγητής ho exēgētḗs |
τὼ ἐξηγητᾱ́ tṑ exēgētā́ |
οἱ ἐξηγηταί hoi exēgētaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἐξηγητοῦ toû exēgētoû |
τοῖν ἐξηγηταῖν toîn exēgētaîn |
τῶν ἐξηγητῶν tôn exēgētôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἐξηγητῇ tōî exēgētēî |
τοῖν ἐξηγηταῖν toîn exēgētaîn |
τοῖς ἐξηγηταῖς toîs exēgētaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἐξηγητήν tòn exēgētḗn |
τὼ ἐξηγητᾱ́ tṑ exēgētā́ |
τοὺς ἐξηγητᾱ́ς toùs exēgētā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐξηγητᾰ́ exēgētắ |
ἐξηγητᾱ́ exēgētā́ |
ἐξηγηταί exēgētaí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
Descendants
Further reading
- ἐξηγητής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐξηγητής, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “ἐξηγητής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- active agent idem, page 10.
- adviser idem, page 15.
- advocate idem, page 15.
- champion idem, page 123.
- commentator idem, page 147.
- counsellor idem, page 176.
- exponent idem, page 295.
- fomenter idem, page 332.
- interpreter idem, page 452.
- mover idem, page 545.
- moving spirit idem, page 545.
- prime idem, page 640.
- prompter idem, page 653.
- proposer idem, page 653.
- ringleader idem, page 716.
- suggester idem, page 836.