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<b class="b2">Pile</b>: Ar. and P. [[χάραξ]], ὁ or ἡ, P. [[σταυρός]], ὁ, V. [[σκόλοψ]], ὁ (also Xen.).

<b class="b2">Who is it that is about to face the stake</b> or <b class="b2">stoning?</b> V. τίς ἔσθʼ ὁ μέλλων σκόλοπος ἢ λευσμοῦ τυχεῖν; (Eur., <b class="b2">Frag.</b>).

<b class="b2">Something contended for</b>: P. and V. [[ἀγών]], ὁ.

<b class="b2">Play for high stakes</b>: P. περὶ μεγάλων ἀγωνίζεσθαι (Thuc. 8, 52).

<b class="b2">Pledge</b>: Ar. and P. [[ἐνέχυρον]], τό.

<b class="b2">Be at stake</b>, v.: Ar. and P. κινδυνεύειν, P. κινδυνεύεσθαι, P. and V. ἀγωνίζεσθαι; see <b class="b2">be in danger</b>, under [[danger]].

'''v. trans.'''

<b class="b2">Stake out, fix by boundaries</b>: P. and V. ὁρίζειν (or mid.).

<b class="b2">Hazard</b>: Ar. and P. παραβάλλεσθαι, παρακινδυνεύειν, κινδυνεύειν (dat. or περί, gen. or cognate acc.), V. παραρρέπτειν, προβάλλειν, P. ὑποτιθέναι; see [[wager]].
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