ἀπειλέω
ὑπὸ δὲ τῆς φιλαυτίας παρηγμένοι ἄλογα φασὶν τὰ ζῷα ἐφεξῆς τὰ ἄλλα σύμπαντα → it is self-love which leads them to say that all the other animals without exception are non-rational
English (LSJ)
(A), Elean ἀποϝηλέω,
A keep away, ἀπὸ τῶ βωμῶ GDI1159, 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), 3dual impf. Act. ἀπειλήτην, Ep. for ἠπειλείτην, Od. 11.313: later Ep. pres. ἀπειλείω Musae.122, Nonn.D.20.204:—
A 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, 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.OC817. 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, HG5.4.7, 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, of persons, to be terrified by threats, Id.Smp.4.31. 2 of things, τὰ ἀπειληθέντα, = ἀπειλαί, Pl.Lg.823c. IV later in Med., with aor. 1 -ησάμην App.BC3.29, Polyaen.7.35.2: c. inf., forbid with threats, ἀπειλησώμεθα αὐτοῖς μηκέτι λαλεῖν Act.Ap.4.17.
