μέλλησις

A. being about to do, threatening to do, Th. 1.69, 4.126, al.; opp. ὁρμή, Arist. Rh. 1393a4.

II. unfulfilled thought or intention, delay, Th. 5.116, Pl. Lg. 723d; διὰ βραχείας μελλήσεως at short notice, Th. 5.66; μελλήσει οὐδεμιᾷ Procop. Pers. 1.25.

2. c. gen. rei, putting off, διὰ τὴν ἐκείνων μέλλησιν τῶν ἐς ἡμᾶς δεινῶν Th. 3.12.