threaten
threaten
v. trans.
P. and V. ἀ̆πειλεῖν (dat.).
Threaten with: P. and V. ἀ̆πειλεῖν (τί τινι).
Absol., P. and V. ἀ̆πειλεῖν, Ar. and V. ἐπᾰπειλεῖν, V. κᾰτᾰπειλεῖν.
Met., impend over: P. and V. ἐφιστασθαι (dat.).
Absol., impend: P. and V. ἐφίστασθαι, P. ἐπηρτῆσθαι (perf. pass. of ἐπαρτᾶν), ἐπικρέμασθαι, Ar. and P. ἐνεστηκέναι (perf. of ἐνιστάναι).
Be about to occur: P. and V. μέλλειν.
Threaten a place (in military sense): P. ἐγκεῖσθαι (dat.).
v. trans.
P. and V. ἀ̆πειλεῖν (dat.).
Threaten with: P. and V. ἀ̆πειλεῖν (τί τινι).
Absol., P. and V. ἀ̆πειλεῖν, Ar. and V. ἐπᾰπειλεῖν, V. κᾰτᾰπειλεῖν.
Met., impend over: P. and V. ἐφιστασθαι (dat.).
Absol., impend: P. and V. ἐφίστασθαι, P. ἐπηρτῆσθαι (perf. pass. of ἐπαρτᾶν), ἐπικρέμασθαι, Ar. and P. ἐνεστηκέναι (perf. of ἐνιστάναι).
Be about to occur: P. and V. μέλλειν.
Threaten a place (in military sense): P. ἐγκεῖσθαι (dat.).
THREATEN
Transitively PROP. minas jacere jactare: minis uti. To threaten one with anything aliquid alicui minari minitari comminari (general term); denunciare alicui aliquid (to give a threatening notice); intentare alicui aliquid (by preparations made arma alicui intentare): to threaten one with fire and sword minitari alicui ferrum flammamque or ferro ignique: to threaten one with war arma intentare alicui: we are threatened by him with blows verbera minatur; verbera nobis intentantur.
Figuratively imminere: impendere. A war with the Parthians threatens us bellum nobis impendet a Parthis: the enemy’s camp threatens the city castra hostium imminet portis.
Intransitively Something threatens (i.e. is near at hand) res imminet instat impendet: war danger threatens impendet bellum periculum: it threatens for rain imbres imminent; nubilatur or nubilare coepit (it is becoming overcast).
Transitively PROP. minas jacere jactare: minis uti. To threaten one with anything aliquid alicui minari minitari comminari (general term); denunciare alicui aliquid (to give a threatening notice); intentare alicui aliquid (by preparations made arma alicui intentare): to threaten one with fire and sword minitari alicui ferrum flammamque or ferro ignique: to threaten one with war arma intentare alicui: we are threatened by him with blows verbera minatur; verbera nobis intentantur.
Figuratively imminere: impendere. A war with the Parthians threatens us bellum nobis impendet a Parthis: the enemy’s camp threatens the city castra hostium imminet portis.
Intransitively Something threatens (i.e. is near at hand) res imminet instat impendet: war danger threatens impendet bellum periculum: it threatens for rain imbres imminent; nubilatur or nubilare coepit (it is becoming overcast).
threaten:
I. Trans.:
1. mĭnor, 1 (constr. with dat. of person and acc. of the thing: also with acc. and infin.): to t. any one with the cross, crucem alicui m., Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, 102: they were t.ing that they would do this, hoc se facturos minabantur, Caes. B. C. 2, 13.
2. mĭnĭtor, 1 (freq. of preced. and constr. like it: in Pl. as an act. verb): to t. his brother with death, mortem fratri m., Cic. Phil. 6, 4, 10: to t. to do anything, m. facere aliquid, Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 13.
3. commĭnor, 1 (constr. like preced.): to t. battle rather than to fight, c. magis quam inferre pugnam, Liv. 10, 39.
4. intendo, di, tum or sum, 3 (to seek to bring upon: constr. with acc. after in, or dat.): to t. all with danger, i. periculum in omnes, Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 7; so, minas intendere alicui, Tac. A. 3, 36.
5. intento, 1 (freq. of preced.): to t. any one with war, arma i. alicui, Liv. 6, 27: Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 76.
6. dēnuntio, 1 (to denounce, to announce something bad): to t. the people with slavery, d. populo servitutem, Cic. Phil. 5, 8, 21.
7. prōpōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3 (to set before): to t. with exile and death, exsilium, mortem p., Cic. Planc. 41, 97: id. Att. 2, 19, 1. Phr.: to t. anybody, minis insequi aliquem, Cic. Clu. 8, 24; minas jactare (alicui), id. Quint. 14, 47.
II. Intrans.:
1. mĭnor, 1: the ash t.s (to fall), ornus minatur, Virg. Aen. 2, 626: Hor. A. P. 350. [N.B.--The lit. sense of the verb is to project: hence a t.ing rock is minans scopulus, Virg. Aen. 1, 162.]
2. impendeo, 2 (to impend): a great Parthian war is t.ing, magnum bellum impendet a Parthis, Cic. Att. 6, 2, ad med.: when wind is t.ing, vento impendente, Virg. G. 1, 365.
3. immĭneo (to t. by proximity): the greatest danger t.ing, summo discrimine imminente, Quint. 8, 4, 22: v.BE IMMINENT , IMPEND .
4. insto, stĭti, 1 (stronger than preced.: cf. Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 11, "impendere jamdiu, aut instare jam plane, aut certe appropinquare"): to t. more savagely, truculentius i., Val. Max. 3, 8, 5. Phr.: the rest of the tower hung t.ing to fall, pars reliqua turris consequens procumbebat, Caes. B. C. 2, 11, ad fin.
I. Trans.:
1. mĭnor, 1 (constr. with dat. of person and acc. of the thing: also with acc. and infin.): to t. any one with the cross, crucem alicui m., Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, 102: they were t.ing that they would do this, hoc se facturos minabantur, Caes. B. C. 2, 13.
2. mĭnĭtor, 1 (freq. of preced. and constr. like it: in Pl. as an act. verb): to t. his brother with death, mortem fratri m., Cic. Phil. 6, 4, 10: to t. to do anything, m. facere aliquid, Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 13.
3. commĭnor, 1 (constr. like preced.): to t. battle rather than to fight, c. magis quam inferre pugnam, Liv. 10, 39.
4. intendo, di, tum or sum, 3 (to seek to bring upon: constr. with acc. after in, or dat.): to t. all with danger, i. periculum in omnes, Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 7; so, minas intendere alicui, Tac. A. 3, 36.
5. intento, 1 (freq. of preced.): to t. any one with war, arma i. alicui, Liv. 6, 27: Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 76.
6. dēnuntio, 1 (to denounce, to announce something bad): to t. the people with slavery, d. populo servitutem, Cic. Phil. 5, 8, 21.
7. prōpōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3 (to set before): to t. with exile and death, exsilium, mortem p., Cic. Planc. 41, 97: id. Att. 2, 19, 1. Phr.: to t. anybody, minis insequi aliquem, Cic. Clu. 8, 24; minas jactare (alicui), id. Quint. 14, 47.
II. Intrans.:
1. mĭnor, 1: the ash t.s (to fall), ornus minatur, Virg. Aen. 2, 626: Hor. A. P. 350. [N.B.--The lit. sense of the verb is to project: hence a t.ing rock is minans scopulus, Virg. Aen. 1, 162.]
2. impendeo, 2 (to impend): a great Parthian war is t.ing, magnum bellum impendet a Parthis, Cic. Att. 6, 2, ad med.: when wind is t.ing, vento impendente, Virg. G. 1, 365.
3. immĭneo (to t. by proximity): the greatest danger t.ing, summo discrimine imminente, Quint. 8, 4, 22: v.
4. insto, stĭti, 1 (stronger than preced.: cf. Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 11, "impendere jamdiu, aut instare jam plane, aut certe appropinquare"): to t. more savagely, truculentius i., Val. Max. 3, 8, 5. Phr.: the rest of the tower hung t.ing to fall, pars reliqua turris consequens procumbebat, Caes. B. C. 2, 11, ad fin.
ἀπειλέω2
threaten; (Hom.) boast, promise
to threaten at the same time
ἀνταπειλέω
threaten in turn
ἀρειάω
threaten
ἐναπειλέω
threaten
threaten; (Hom.) boast, promise
appearing fewer than 50 times
συναπειλέωto threaten at the same time
ἀνταπειλέω
threaten in turn
ἀρειάω
threaten
ἐναπειλέω
threaten
insto
to stand upon, take a position; draw near, threaten, insist
minor
(to jut forth, project); to threaten
denuntio
to announce, declare, denounce, menace, threaten, intimate, order, command
minitor
to threaten, menace
comminor
to threaten, menace
to threaten, forbid with threats
to stand upon, take a position; draw near, threaten, insist
minor
(to jut forth, project); to threaten
denuntio
to announce, declare, denounce, menace, threaten, intimate, order, command
minitor
to threaten, menace
comminor
to threaten, menace
appearing fewer than 50 times
interminorto threaten, forbid with threats