stake

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

pile: Ar. and P. χάραξ, ὁ or ἡ, P. σταυρός, ὁ, V. σκόλοψ, ὁ (also Xen.).

who is it that is about to face the stake or stoning? V. τίς ἔσθ' ὁ μέλλων σκόλοπος ἢ λευσμοῦ τυχεῖν; (Euripides, Fragment).

something contended for: P. and V. ἀγών, ὁ.

play for high stakes: P. περὶ μεγάλων ἀγωνίζεσθαι (Thuc. 8, 52).

pledge: Ar. and P. ἐνέχυρον, τό.

be at stake, v.: Ar. and P. κινδυνεύειν, P. κινδυνεύεσθαι, P. and V. ἀγωνίζεσθαι; see be in danger, under danger.

verb transitive

stake out, fix by boundaries: P. and V. ὁρίζειν; (or mid.).

hazard: Ar. and P. παραβάλλεσθαι, παρακινδυνεύειν, κινδυνεύειν (dat. or περί, gen. or cognate acc.), V. παραρρίπτειν, προβάλλειν, P. ὑποτιθέναι; see wager.