ξεναγός

ξενᾱγ-ός, ὁ, (ξένος, ἄγω)

• commander of mercenary troops, Th. 2.75 (ubi v. Sch.), X. HG 4.2.19, PCair.Zen. 374.5 (iii B. C.), SIG 556D 3 (Delph., iii B. C.), etc. (Dor. form (Cretan acc. to AB 284) adopted in Att. like other military terms.)
• • • 2 commander of a ξεναγία 1.2, Ael. Tact. 9.4, Arr. Tact. 10.3.
  • II cicerone, guide, Plu. Vind. 2.567a, Hld. 7.14 (v.l. -αγωγός).

ξεναγός, [ᾱ], (eigtl. dor. für ξενηγός, hat sich aber wie λοχαγός u. ä. in der attischen Kriegssprache erhalten), Anführer eines Heeres oder Abteilung von Mietstruppen ; Thuc. 2.75 ; Xen. Hell. 4.2.19, 5.2.7 ; Posidipp. bei Ath. IX.376e (v. 7). – Auch = Führer der Fremden, wie Tim. lex. Plat. erkl. οἱ τοῖς ξένοις ἡγούμενοι ὁδόν ; vgl. Plut. S. N. V. g.E. p. 273.

ξεναγός ξεν-ᾱγός, οῦ, ὁ, ἡγέομαι

• • Ia commander of auxiliary or mercenary troops (ξένοι) , Thuc., Xen., etc. (The form is Doric; but like many military terms, it was adopted in Attic)
  • IIa strangerʼs guide, Plut.