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ἀπειλέω
ἀπειλέω ἀπειλή to hold out either in the way of promise or threat: in good sense, to promise, ἠπείλησεν ἄνακτι ῥέξειν ἑκατόμβην Il.; ἠπείλησας εἶναι ἀρίστους didst profess that they were best, Od. commonly in bad sense, to threaten, Lat. minari, absol. or c. dat. pers., Hom., etc.; c. acc. cogn., ἠπείλησεν μῦθον spake a threatening speech, Il.:—also in Mid., NTest. c. acc. of the thing threatened, θάνατον ἀπ. τινι Hdt. dependent clauses added in inf. fut., γέρας ἀφαιρήσεσθαι ἀπειλεῖς Il., etc.; Attic also in inf. aor.:—also ἀπ. ὅτι . . , ὡς . . , Attic Pass. ἀπειλοῦμαι, of persons, to be terrified by threats, Xen.

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[to force back]
threaten; (Hom.) boast, promise

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Headword:
ἀπειλέω
Headword (normalized):
ἀπειλέω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
απειλεω
Intro Text:
ἀπειλέω ἀπειλή to hold out either in the way of promise or threat: in good sense, to promise, ἠπείλησεν ἄνακτι ῥέξειν ἑκατόμβην Il.; ἠπείλησας εἶναι ἀρίστους didst profess that they were best, Od. commonly in bad sense, to threaten, Lat. minari, absol. or c. dat. pers., Hom., etc.; c. acc. cogn., ἠπείλησεν μῦθον spake a threatening speech, Il.:—also in Mid., NTest. c. acc. of the thing threatened, θάνατον ἀπ. τινι Hdt. dependent clauses added in inf. fut., γέρας ἀφαιρήσεσθαι ἀπειλεῖς Il., etc.; Attic also in inf. aor.:—also ἀπ. ὅτι . . , ὡς . . , Attic Pass. ἀπειλοῦμαι, of persons, to be terrified by threats, Xen.
IDX:
3769
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n3770
Key:
a)peile/w2

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