πεσσεύω
From LSJ
ἐπέμψατε ἀγγέλους τοῖς ἀλλήλοις ὥστε ἔγνωτε τὸν κίνδυνον → you sent messengers to one another so that you knew the danger
English (LSJ)
Att. πεττ-,
A play at draughts, Heraclit.52, Pl.Alc.1.110e, R.487b, X.Mem.3.9.9, etc.: prov., τύχη ἄνω καὶ κάτω τὰ ἀνθρώπεια πεττεύει fortune gambles with human affairs, Ph.2.85.