ἀπειλ-ή, ἡ,
mostly in plural, boastful promises, boasts, ποῦ τοι ἀπειλαὶ ἃς.. ὑπίσχεο οἰνοποτάζων;[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.83; μέχρι τῶν ἀπειλῶν γενναῖος 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 59.118, compare 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 704.28. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II commonly in plural, threats, ποῦ τοι ἀπειλαὶ οἴχονται τὰς Τρωσὶν ἀπείλεον υἷες Ἀχαιῶ;[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.219; οὐδὲ.. λήθετ᾽ ἀπειλάων τὰς ἀντιθέῳ Ὀδυσῆι πρῶτον ἐπηπείλησεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.126, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.200, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.32; εὐθύνειν ἀπειλαῖς καὶ πληγαῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 325d, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 175 (Lyric poetry): in _sing._, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 753, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.126; ἀπειλῆς ἕνεκα τοῖς ἐν τῷ Ταρτάρῳ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 94b33. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.2 of threatening conditions, ἀ. πνιγμοῦ[[ 3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “Problemata - Physici et Medici Graeci Minores” 2.60] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; τὰ ἐν ἀπειλῇ ἀποστήματα Heras cited in [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.815 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of storms, [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 1.21.5, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 7.7.] Refs 1st c.AD+]