ἀλληγορ-έω · allēgor-eō — LSJ
interpret allegorically, to be spoken allegorically
interpret allegorically, Ἕλληνες Κρόνον ἀλληγοροῦσι τὸν χρόνον Plu. Isid. 2.363d, cf. Es. carn. 2 996b, Heraclit. All. 1 :—Pass., to be spoken allegorically, Ep.Gal. 4.24 ; ἀλληγορεῖται ὁ Ἀπόλλων εἰς τὸν Ἥλιον, Sch. S. Aj. 186.
2 speak figuratively, metaphorically, speak allegorically
abs., speak figuratively or metaphorically, Demetr. Eloc. 151, 285; speak allegorically, J. AJ Prooem.