ἀπειλέω (A), Elean ἀποϝηλέω,
I keep away, ἀπὸ τῶ βωμῶ GDI 1159, cf. 1150; ἀπὸ μαντείας 1154: - 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.
ἀπειλέω (B), 3 dual impf. Act. ἀπειλήτην, for ἠπειλείτην, Od. 11.313: later pres. ἀπειλείω Musae. 122, Nonn. D. 20.204: - 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,
1. 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.
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 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 pres. inf., ἠπ... ἑλκέμεν Il. 9.682: after Hom. in aor. inf., X. Mem. 3.5.4, HG 5.4.7, 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 Pass., ἀπειλοῦμαι,
1. of persons, to be terrified by threats, Id. Smp. 4.31.
2. of things, τὰ ἀπειληθέντα, = ἀπειλαί, Pl. Lg. 823c. later in Med., with aor. 1 -ησάμην App. BC 3.29, Polyaen. 7.35.2: c. inf., forbid with threats, ἀπειλησώμεθα αὐτοῖς μηκέτι λαλεῖν [Act 4:17].
G546 — ἀπειλέω
ἀπείλω: imperfect ἠπειλουν; 1 aorist middle ἠπειλησαμην; to threaten, menace: [1Pe 2:23]; in middle, according to later Greek usage ((Appendix, bell. 104:3, 29); Polyaen. 7, 35, 2), actively (Buttmann, 54 (47)): [Act 4:17] (ἀπειλή (L T Tr WH omit) ἀπειλεῖσθαι, with the dative of person followed by μή with infinitive, with sternest threats to forbid one to etc., Winers Grammar, § 54, 3; (Buttmann, 183 (159))). (From Homer down.) (Compare: προσαπειλέω.)