ἀπειλή

See also: απειλή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

If related to Latvian pelt (“to revile”), the Proto-Indo-European root would be *h₂pelH- (“to speak publicly”). Assuming s-mobile, this word has further been compared with Proto-Germanic *spellą (“tale, story”) and Old Armenian առասպել (aṙaspel, “myth, legend”). In view of the many additional hypotheses required, this seems rather far-fetched.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̓πειλή • (ăpeilḗ) f (genitive ἀπειλῆς); first declension

  1. (mostly in the plural) boastful promises, boasts
  2. (mostly in the plural) threat, menace, threatening condition
    Synonym: βρῑ́μη (brī́mē)

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓πειλή; τῆς ᾰ̓πειλῆς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ᾰ̓πειλή
hē ăpeilḗ 		τὼ ᾰ̓πειλᾱ́
tṑ ăpeilā́ 		αἱ ᾰ̓πειλαί
hai ăpeilaí
Genitive τῆς ᾰ̓πειλῆς
tês ăpeilês 		τοῖν ᾰ̓πειλαῖν
toîn ăpeilaîn 		τῶν ᾰ̓πειλῶν
tôn ăpeilôn
Dative τῇ ᾰ̓πειλῇ
tēî ăpeilēî 		τοῖν ᾰ̓πειλαῖν
toîn ăpeilaîn 		ταῖς ᾰ̓πειλαῖς
taîs ăpeilaîs
Accusative τὴν ᾰ̓πειλήν
tḕn ăpeilḗn 		τὼ ᾰ̓πειλᾱ́
tṑ ăpeilā́ 		τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓πειλᾱ́ς
tā̀s ăpeilā́s
Vocative ᾰ̓πειλή
ăpeilḗ 		ᾰ̓πειλᾱ́
ăpeilā́ 		ᾰ̓πειλαί
ăpeilaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ἀπειλέω (apeiléō)
  • ἀπείλημα (apeílēma)
  • ἀπείλησις (apeílēsis)
  • ἀπειλητήρ (apeilētḗr)
  • ἀπειλητήριος (apeilētḗrios)
  • ἀπειλητής (apeilētḗs)
  • ἀπειλητικός (apeilētikós)

Descendants

  • Greek: απειλή (apeilí)

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.