ἀπειλέω

ἀπειλέω (A), Elean [full] ἀποϝηλέω,

A keep away,

ἀπὸ τῶ βωμῶ GDI1159

, cf. 1150;

ἀπὸ μαντείας 1154

:—[voice] Pass., ἐς ἀπορίην ἀπειληθείς or ἀπειλημένος brought into great straits, Hdt.1.24, 2.141;

ἐς ἀναγκαίην ἀπειλημένος Id.8.109

; ἀπειληθέντες ἐς στεινόν forced into narrow compass, Id.9.34.

II unroll, roll off, Hero Aut.5.5.

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ἀπειλέω (B), [ per.] 3dual [tense] impf. [voice] Act. ἀπειλήτην, [dialect] Ep. for ἠπειλείτην, Od. 11.313: later [dialect] Ep. [tense] pres. [full] ἀπειλείω Musae.122, Nonn.D.20.204:—

A hold out either in the way of promise or threat, and therefore:

I sts. in good sense, promise,

οὐδ' ἠπείλησεν ἄνακτι . . ῥέξειν κλειτὴν ἑκατόμβην Il.23.863

, cf. 872; also, boast or brag,

ὥς ποτ' ἀπειλήσει .1; ἦ μὲν ἀπείλησας βητάρμονας εἶναι ἀρίστους Od.8.383

, cf. Jul.Or.2.57a.

II commonly in bad sense, threaten, in Hom. either abs., as Il.2.665, Od.21.368: or (more freq.) c. dat. pers., ib.20.272, etc.: c.acc. cogn., αἶψα δ' ἀναστὰς ἠπείλησεν μῦθον spake a threatening speech, Il.1.388; ἀπειλὰς ἀ., v. ἀπειλή; δείν' ἀπειλήσων ἔπη E. Supp.542: freq. with neut. Pron. or Adj.,

ἀ. τόγε θυμῷ Il.15.212

; ταῦτα, πολλὰ ἀ., Hdt.7.18, 1.111, Th.8.33, etc.;

πύργοις ἀ. δεινά A. Th.426

;

τοῦτ' ἀπειλήσας ἔχεις S.OC817

.

2 with acc. of the thing threatened,

θάνατον ἀ. ὃς ἂν . . Hdt.4.81

;

ξίφος Plu.Pomp.47

;

ζημίας ἀ. κατά τινος Id.Cam.39

; ἠπείλησαν τοὺς ἄρχοντας threatened them with the prefects, Lib.Or.47.7.

3 dependent clauses were added in [tense] fut. inf.,

γέρας . . ἀφαιρήσεσθαι ἀπειλεῖς Il.1.161

, cf. 15.179, Od.11.313;

σφέας . . ἀπείλεε ἐκτρίψειν Hdt.6.37

;

ἀ. δράσειν τι E.Med. 287

;

ἀ. ἀποκτενεῖν Lys.3.28

: rarely in [tense] pres. inf.,

ἠπ. . . ἑλκέμεν Il. 9.682

: after Hom. in [tense] aor. inf., X.Mem.3.5.4, HG5.4.7, Theoc.24.16.

4 ἀ. ὅτι . ., ὡς . ., Ar.Pl.88, X.An.5.5.22, etc.; ἀ. τινί, εἰ μή . . Id.Cyr.4.5.12.

III [voice] Pass., ἀπειλοῦμαι, of persons, to be terrified by threats, Id.Smp.4.31.

2 of things, τὰ ἀπειληθέντα, = ἀπειλαί, Pl.Lg.823c.

IV later in [voice] Med., with [tense] aor. 1

-ησάμην App.BC3.29

, Polyaen.7.35.2: c. inf., forbid with threats,

ἀπειλησώμεθα αὐτοῖς μηκέτι λαλεῖν Act.Ap.4.17

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