A.boastful promises, boasts, “ποῦ τοι ἀπειλαὶ ἃς . . ὑπίσχεο οἰνοποτάζων;” Il.20.83; “μέχρι τῶν ἀπειλῶν γενναῖος” Lib. Or.59.118, cf. Eust.704.28.
II. commonly in pl., threats, “ποῦ τοι ἀπειλαὶ οἴχονται τὰς Τρωσὶν ἀπείλεον υἷες Ἀχαιῶν;” Il.13.219; “οὐδὲ . . λήθετ᾽ ἀπειλάων τὰς ἀντιθέῳ Ὀδυσῆι πρῶτον ἐπηπείλησεν” Od.13.126, cf. Il.16.200, Hdt.6.32; “εὐθύνειν ἀπειλαῖς καὶ πληγαῖς” Pl.Prt.325d, cf. A.Pr.175 (lyr.): in sg., S.Ant.753, Th.4.126; “ἀπειλῆς ἕνεκα τοῖς ἐν τῷ Ταρτάρῳ” Arist.APo.94b33.
2. of threatening conditions, “ἀ. πνιγμοῦ” Alex.Aphr.Pr.2.60; τὰ ἐν ἀπειλῇ ἀποστήματα Heras ap.Gal.13.815; of storms, J.BJ1.21.5, Ael.NA7.7.