ἀπειλέω(B),3 dual impf.
Act.
ἀπειλήτην,
Ep. forἠπειλείτην,
Od. 11.313 : later Ep.
pres. ἀπειλείω
Musae. 122 , Nonn. D. 20.204 :—
A. hold outeither in the way ofpromiseorthreat,and therefore:
I. sts. in good sense,promise,
οὐδ' ἠπείλησεν ἄνακτι . . ῥέξειν κλειτὴν ἑκατόμβην
Il. 23.863
, cf. 872 ; also,boastorbrag,
ὥς ποτ' ἀπειλήσει 8.150; 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 threateningspeech, Il. 1.388 ;ἀπειλὰς ἀ.,