ἐπαπειλέω

ἐπᾰπειλέω,

• hold out as a threat to one, λῆγʼ ἔριδος, τὴν πρῶτον ἐπηπείλησʼ Ἀχιλῆϊ Il. 1.319; ἀπειλάων τὰς -ησε Od. 13.127, cf. Hdt. 6.32; δείνʼ ἐ. ἔπη S. Aj. 312, etc.
• • • 2 c. dat. only, threaten, ἐπαπειλήσας Ἑλένῳ Il. 13.582.
    • 3 c. fut. inf., threaten to do, Hdt. 1.189, S. El. 779, Ar. Av. 630: but the inf. is freq. omitted, ὥς ποτʼ ἐπηπείλησεν as he threatened, Il. 14.45, cf. S. Ant. 752, Antim. 24.
    • 4 ἐ. εἰ μὴ . . X. An. 6.2.7.
    • 5 Pass., πρὸς σοῦ τὰ δείνʼ . . ἐπηπειλημένοι threatened, S. Ant. 408.

ἐπαπειλέω, drohen, τινί, Il. 13.582 u. öfter. Einem Etwas androhen, ἔριν Ἀχιλῆϊ 1.319 ; ἀπειλὰς Ὀδυσῆϊ Od. 13.127 ; wie Her. 6.32 ; ἐμοὶ τὰ δείνʼ ἐπηπείλησʼ ἔπη Soph. Aj. 312, τὴν ζημίαν Plat. Legg. IV.719e ; absolut, Il. 14.45 ; Soph. Ant. 752 ; Xen. An. 6.2.7 ; auch δείνʼ ἐπηπείλει τελεῖν Soph. El. 779, wie Her. 1.189.

ἐπαπειλέω

[ἐπ-, ἐπι- 5.]

To threaten, menace.

With dat.: ἐπαπειλήσας Ἑλένῳ (with a threatening word or gesture directed to . . .) Il. 13.582.

With infin.: ὡς ἐπηπείλησεν, μὴ πρὶν ἀπονέεσθαι, πρὶν . . . Il. 14.45.

To threaten with.

With acc. of what is threatened and dat. of the person: ἔριδος, τὴν ἐπηπείλησʼ Ἀχιλῇϊ Il. 1.319.

So with cognate acc.: ἀπειλάων, τὰς Ὀδυσῆϊ ἐπηπείλησεν Od. 13.127.

ἐπαπειλέω , aor. ἐπηπείλησα: direct threats against, threaten, τινί (τι).

ἐπαπειλέω fut. ήσω

• to hold out as a threat to one, τί τινι Hom., Hdt., Soph.:—c. dat. only, to threaten, Il.:—c. inf. to threaten to do, Hdt., Soph.; inf. omitted, ὡς ἐπαπείλησεν as he threatened, Il.:—Pass. to be threatened, Soph.