κινδυνεύω

A. 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 Αιγυπτον 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. ᾱ; στρατιῇ Id. 4.80; τίσιν οὖν ὑμεῖς κινδυνεύσαιτ’ 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 ἀλλ’ 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).