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κινδυνεύω

κινδυνεύω, κινδυνεύω, be in danger, run risk, be likely to (verb)

κινδυν-εύω, fut. -σω Hdt. 8.60.αʹ, etc.: pf. κεκινδύνευκα Lys. 3.47, Plb. 5.61.4:—Pass., mostly in pres.: fut. κινδυνευθήσομαι D. 30.10, κεκινδυνεύσομαι Antipho 5.75: aor. and pf., v. infr. 3: (κίνδυνος):—
  • to be daring, run risk, κ. πρὸς πολλούς, πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους, Hdt. 4.11, X. Mem. 3.3.14; κ. εἰς τὴν Αἴγυπτον venture thither, Pherecr. 11.
        • b abs., make a venture, take a risk, Hdt. 3.69, Ar. Eq. 1204; to be in dire peril, Th. 3.28, 6.33, etc.; to be in danger, Arist. EN 1124b8, etc.; of a sick person, Hp. Aph. (Sp. ) 7.82, Coac. 374; esp. engage in war, Isoc. 1.43; τοῦ χωρίου κινδυνεύοντος the post being in peril, Th. 4.8; ὁ κινδυνεύων τόπος the place of danger, Plb. 3.115.6.
      • 2 c. dat., κ. τῷ σώματι, τῇ ψυχῇ, Hdt. 2.120, 7.209; κ. ἁπάσῃ τῇ Ἑλλάδι run a risk with all Greece, i.e. endanger it all, Id. 8.60.α; στρατιῇ Id. 4.80; τίσιν οὖν ὑμεῖς κινδυνεύσαιτʼ ἄν . .; in what points . . ? D. 9.18; κ. τοῖς ὅλοις πράγμασι, τῷ βίῳ, Plb. 1.70.1, 5.61.4; τῷ ζῆν PTeb. 44.21 (ii B.C.): freq. with Preps., κ. ἐν τοῖς σώμασι Lys. 2.63; οὐκ ἐν τῷ Καρὶ ἀλλʼ ἐν υἱέσι Pl. La. 187b (Pass.); κ. περὶ [τῆς Πελοποννήσου] Hdt. 8.74; περὶ τῆς ψυχῆς Antipho 2.4.5, Ar. Pl. 524; περὶ τοῦ σώματος And. 1.4; περὶ ἀνδραποδισμοῦ Isoc. 8.37; περὶ τῆς μεγίστης ζημίας Lys. 7.15; περὶ τῆς βασιλείας πρὸς Κῦρον D. 15.24; περὶ αὑτῷ Antipho 5.6; περὶ τοῖς φιλτάτοις Pl. Prt. 314a; but κ. περὶ δισχιλίους go into battle with a force of 2,000, Eun. Hist. p.244 D.; ὑπὲρ καλλίστων Lys. 2.79.
      • 3 c. acc. cogn., venture, hazard, τοὺς ἐσχάτους κινδύνους Antipho 5.82; κινδύνευμα Pl. R. 451a; μάχην Aeschin. 2.169; τὴν ψευδομαρτυρίαν hazard a prosecution for perjury, D. 41.16 codd. (τῶν-ιῶν Blass):—Pass., to be ventured or hazarded, μεταβολὴ κινδυνεύεται there is risk of change, Th. 2.43; ὁποτέρως ἔσται, ἐν ἀδήλῳ κινδυνεύεται remains in hazardous uncertainty, Id. 1.78; τὰ μέγιστα κινδυνεύεται τῇ πόλει D. 19.285; κεκινδυνευμένον a venturous enterprise, Pi. N. 5.14; τὰ κινδυνευθέντα, = τὰ κινδυνεύματα, Lys. 2.54; τῶν ἤδη σφίσι καλῶς κεκινδυνευμένων Arr. An. 2.7.3; τὸ φιλοπόλεμον καὶ κεκ. D.S. 2.21.
      • 4 c. inf., run the risk of doing or being . ., τὸν στρατὸν κινδυνεύσει ἀποβαλεῖν Hdt. 8.65; κακόν τι λαβεῖν Id. 6.9; ἀπολέσθαι Id. 9.89; διαφθαρῆναι Th. 3.74; ἀποθανεῖν Pl. Ap. 28b, etc.; τοῦ συντριβῆναι LXX Jn. 1.4; then,
        • b to express chance, i.e. what may possibly or probably happen: c. pres., pf., or aor. inf., κινδυνεύουσι οἱ ἄνθρωποι οὗτοι γόητες εἶναι they run a risk of being reputed conjurers, Hdt. 4.105; κινδυνεύσομεν βοηθεῖν we shall probably have to assist, Pl. Tht. 164e, cf. 172c; κ. ἡ ἀληθὴς δόξα ἐπιστήμη εἶναι seems likely to be . ., ib. 187b; κινδυνεύσεις ἐπιδεῖξαι χρηστὸς εἶναι you will have the chance of showing your worth, X. Mem. 2.3.17, cf. 3.13.3; κ. ἀναμφιλογώτατον ἀγαθὸν εἶναι ib. 4.2.34, cf. Pl. Ap. 40b; τὰ συσσίτια κινδυνεύει συναγαγεῖν he probably organized the σ., Id. Lg. 625e; κινδυνεύω πεπονθέναι ὅπερ . . Id. Grg. 485e: c. fut. inf., dub. in Th. 4.117; κινδυνεύει impers., it may be, possibly, as an affirmat. answer, Pl. Sph. 256e, Phdr. 262c; out of courtesy, when no real doubt is implied, κινδυνεύεις ἀληθῆ λέγειν you may very likely be right, Id. Smp. 205d.
      • 5 Pass., to be endangered or imperilled, ἐν ἑνὶ ἀνδρὶ πολλῶν ἀρετὰς κ. Th. 2.35; τὰ χρήματα κινδυνεύεται τῷ δανείσαντι D. 34.28:— but Pass. in sense of Act. dub. in GDI 3569.4 (Calymna).

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