Scaife ATLAS

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.

ShortDef

[to force back]

threaten; (Hom.) boast, promise

Debugging

Headword:

ἀπειλέω

Headword (normalized):

ἀπειλέω

Headword (normalized/stripped):

απειλεω

IDX:

3769

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n3770

Key:

a)peile/w2

Data

{'content': 'ἀπειλέω\n ἀπειλή\n to hold out either in the way of promise or threat:\n in good sense, to promise, ἠπείλησεν ἄνακτι ῥέξειν ἑκατόμβην Il.; ἠπείλησας εἶναι ἀρίστους didst profess that they were best, Od.\n 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.\n c. acc. of the thing threatened, θάνατον ἀπ. τινι Hdt.\n dependent clauses added in inf. fut., γέρας ἀφαιρήσεσθαι ἀπειλεῖς Il., etc.; Attic also in inf. aor.:—also ἀπ. ὅτι . . , ὡς . . , Attic\n Pass. ἀπειλοῦμαι, of persons, to be terrified by threats, Xen.', 'key': 'a)peile/w2'}