ἐπαπειλέω

epapeileo

hold out as a threat to

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 3
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Book 1 1
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1319
Book 13 1
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13582
Book 14 1
Chapter ?

1445
Odyssey 1
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Book 13 1
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13127

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπαπειλέω, A. 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.

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