ἀπειλέω,
__B3rd.pers.dual imperfect active ἀπειλήτην, Epic dialect for ἠπειλείτην, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.313] Refs 8th c.BC+]: later Epic dialect present ἀπειλείω [[ 5th-6th c.AD: Musaeus Epicus 122, 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 20.204] Refs 4th c.AD+]:— hold out either in the way of promise or threat, and therefore:
__B.I sometimes in good sense, promise, οὐδ᾽ ἠπείλησεν ἄνακτι.. ῥέξειν κλειτὴν ἑκατόμβην[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.863, compare 872] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also, boast or brag, ὥς ποτ᾽ ἀπειλήσει.1; ἦ μὲν ἀπείλησας βητάρμονας εἶναι ἀρίστους[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.383, compare 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.57a. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.II commonly in bad sense, threaten, in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus either _absolutely_, as 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.665, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.368: or (more frequently) with _dative_ _person_, [prev. work] 20.272, etc.: c._accusative_ _cognate_, αἶψα δ᾽ ἀναστὰς ἠπείλησεν μῦθον] Refs 8th c.BC+] spake a threatening speech, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.388] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀπειλὰς ἀ., see at {ἀπειλ; δείν᾽ ἀπειλήσων ἔπη} [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 542] Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently with neuter pronoun or adjective, ἀ. τόγε θυμῷ[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.212] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ταῦτα, πολλὰ ἀ., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.18, 1.111, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.33, etc.; πύργοις ἀ. δεινά 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 426; τοῦτ᾽ ἀπειλήσας ἔχεις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 817. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]