ἐπαπειλέω

A. hold out as a threat to one, λῆγ’ ἔριδος, τὴν πρῶτον ἐπηπείλησ’ Ἀχιλῆϊ Il. 1.319; ἀπειλάων τὰς ‐ησε Od. 13.127, cf. Hdt. 6.32; δείν’ ἐ. ἔπη S. Aj. 312, etc.

2. c. dat. only, threaten, ἐπαπειλήσας Ἑλένῳ Il. 13.582.

3. c. fut. inf., threaten to do, Hdt. 1.189, S. El. 779, Ar. Av. 630: but the inf. is freq. omitted, ὥς ποτ’ ἐπηπείλησεν as he threatened, Il. 14.45, cf. S. Ant. 752, Antim. 24.

4. ἐ. εἰ μὴ . . X. An. 6.2.7.

5. Pass., πρὸς σοῦ τὰ δείν’ . . ἐπηπειλημένοι threatened, S. Ant. 408.