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παρακινδυνεύω

παρακινδυνεύω, to make a rash venture, to venture, run the risk

παρακινδυν-εύω,
  • make a venture, Hp. Aër. 23, Ar. V. 6, And. 2.11, Th. 4.26, etc.; ἐς Ἰωνίαν π. venture to Ionia, Id. 3.36.
      • 2 c. acc. rei, venture, risk a thing, Ar. Eq. 1054, Pl. Lg. 967b; παρακινδυνεύων λέγω I venture to say, Id. Tht. 204b; τοιουτονί τι παρακεκινδυνευμένον a bold, venturous phrase, Ar. Ra. 99; τὸ θρασὺ καὶ -ευμένον D.H. Comp. 23, cf. Is. 13; π. μάχαι desperate battles, Id. 9.30; π. ἔντευξις Plu. Caes. 9, etc.
      • 3 c. inf., to have the hardihood to . ., εἰπεῖν τὰ δίκαια Ar. Ach. 645, cf. X. HG 3.5.16; also παρεκινδύνευε . . παραλαμβάνεσθαι might almost be used, A.D. Synt. 16.23:—so in Pass., τὸ -ευόμενον εἶναι ἐπίρρημα ib. 237.18, cf. 215.11.
      • 4 in a double construction, τοὺς θεοὺς ἂν ἔδεισας -εύειν μὴ οὐκ ὀρθῶς ποιήσοις Pl. Euthphr. 15d.

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