ἀπειλέω2
ἀπειλέω (B), 3 dual impf. Act.
ἀπειλήτην, Ep. for
ἠπειλείτην, Od. 11.313 : later Ep. pres.
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 8.150; 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. OC 817 .
III). Pass.,
ἀπειλοῦμαι, of persons,
to be terrified by threats, Id. Smp. 4.31 .
ShortDef
[to force back]
threaten; (Hom.) boast, promise
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἀπειλέω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
απειλεω2
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-11701
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἀπειλέω</span> (B), 3 dual impf. Act. <span class="foreign greek">ἀπειλήτην,</span> Ep. for <span class="foreign greek">ἠπειλείτην,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:313" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.313/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 11.313 </a>: later Ep. pres. <span class="orth greek">ἀπειλείω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0576.tlg001:122" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0576.tlg001:122/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Musae.</span> 122 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:20:204" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:20.204/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nonn.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">D.</span> 20.204 </a>:—<div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hold out</span> either in the way of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">promise</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">threat,</span> and therefore: </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>I).</strong></span> sts. in good sense, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">promise,</span> <span class="quote greek">οὐδ’ ἠπείλησεν ἄνακτι .. ῥέξειν κλειτὴν ἑκατόμβην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:863" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.863/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 23.863 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:872" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:872/canonical-url/"> 872 </a>; also, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">boast</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">brag,</span> <span class="quote greek">ὥς ποτ’ ἀπειλήσει 8.150; ἦ μὲν ἀπείλησας βητάρμονας εἶναι ἀρίστους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8:383" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:8.383/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 8.383 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg001:2:57a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg001:2.57a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Jul.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 2.57a </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> commonly in bad sense, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">threaten,</span> in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> either abs., as <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:665" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.665/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.665 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:21:368" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:21.368/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 21.368 </a>: or (more freq.) c. dat. pers., ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:20:272" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:20.272/canonical-url/"> 20.272 </a>, etc.: c.acc. cogn., <span class="foreign greek">αἶψα δ’ ἀναστὰς ἠπείλησεν μῦθον</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">spake a threatening</span> speech, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:388" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.388/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.388 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀπειλὰς ἀ.,</span> v. <span class="ref greek">ἀπειλή; δείν’ ἀπειλήσων ἔπη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:542" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:542/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 542 </a>: freq. with neut. Pron. or Adj., <span class="quote greek">ἀ. τόγε θυμῷ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:212" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:15.212/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 15.212 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ταῦτα, πολλὰ ἀ.,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.18 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:111" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.111/canonical-url/"> 1.111 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 8.33 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">πύργοις ἀ. δεινά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:426" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:426/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 426 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τοῦτ’ ἀπειλήσας ἔχεις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:817" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:817/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 817 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> with acc. of the thing threatened, <span class="quote greek">θάνατον ἀ. ὃς ἂν ..</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:81" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.81/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.81 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ξίφος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg045:47" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg045:47/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pomp.</span> 47 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ζημίας ἀ. κατά τινος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg011:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg011:39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cam.</span> 39 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἠπείλησαν τοὺς ἄρχοντας</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">threatened</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">them with</span> the prefects, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2200.tlg004:47:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2200.tlg004:47.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lib.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 47.7 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> dependent clauses were added in fut. inf., <span class="quote greek">γέρας .. ἀφαιρήσεσθαι ἀπειλεῖς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:161" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.161/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.161 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:179" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:15.179/canonical-url/"> 15.179 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:313" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.313/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 11.313 </a>; <span class="quote greek">σφέας .. ἀπείλεε ἐκτρίψειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 6.37 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀ. δράσειν τι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:287" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:287/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 287 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀ. ἀποκτενεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg003.perseus-grc1:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg003.perseus-grc1:28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 3.28 </a> : rarely in pres. inf., <span class="quote greek">ἠπ.. . ἑλκέμεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:682" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.682/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 9.682 </a> : after <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> in aor. inf., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:5:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:5:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 3.5.4 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:4:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:4:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 5.4.7 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 24.16 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. ὅτι .., ὡς ..,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:88" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:88/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pl.</span> 88 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:5:5:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:5:5:22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 5.5.22 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. τινί, εἰ μή</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:4:5:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:4:5:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 4.5.12 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> Pass., <span class="foreign greek">ἀπειλοῦμαι,</span> of persons, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be terrified by threats,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4.31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 4.31 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> of things, <span class="foreign greek">τὰ ἀπειληθέντα,</span> = <span class="ref greek">ἀπειλαί</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:823c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:823c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 823c </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> later in Med., with aor. 1 <span class="quote greek">-ησάμην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg017.perseus-grc1:3:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg017.perseus-grc1:3.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">App.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">BC</span> 3.29 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1620.tlg001:7:35:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1620.tlg001:7:35:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Polyaen.</span> 7.35.2 </a>: c. inf., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">forbid with threats,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἀπειλησώμεθα αὐτοῖς μηκέτι λαλεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg005.perseus-grc1:4:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg005.perseus-grc1:4.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Act.Ap.</span> 4.17 </a> .</div> </div><br><br>'}