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===verb transitive===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀπειλεῖν]] (dat.).

[[threaten with]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀπειλεῖν]] (τί τινι).

Absol., [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀπειλεῖν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐπαπειλεῖν]], [[verse|V.]] [[καταπειλεῖν]].

Met., [[impend over]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐφιστασθαι]] (dat.).

Absol., [[impend]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐφίστασθαι]], [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπηρτῆσθαι]] (perf. pass. of [[ἐπαρτᾶν]]), [[ἐπικρέμασθαι]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἐνεστηκέναι]] (perf. of [[ἐνιστάναι]]).

[[be about to occur]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μέλλειν]].

[[threaten a place]] ([[in military sense]]): [[prose|P.]] [[ἐγκεῖσθαι]] (dat.).
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