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|mdlsjtxt=<br /><b class="num">1.</b> to be [[daring]], to make a [[venture]], [[take]] the [[risk]], do a [[daring]] [[thing]], Hdt., Ar., etc.: to be in [[danger]], Thuc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> that in [[respect]] of [[which]] [[danger]] is incurred in dat., κ. τῶι σώματι, τῆι ψυχῆι Hdt.; κ. πάσηι τῆι Ἑλλάδι to run a [[risk]] with all [[Greece]], i. e. [[endanger]] it all, Hdt., etc.; so, κ. περὶ τῆς ψυχῆς Ar., etc.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> c. acc. cogn. to [[venture]], [[hazard]], [[κινδύνευμα]] Plat.; μάχην Aeschin.:—Pass. to be risked or hazarded, μεταβολὴ κινδυνεύεται [[there]] is [[risk]] of [[change]], Thuc.; τὰ μέγιστα κινδυνεύεται are endangered, Dem.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> c. inf. to run the [[risk]] of doing or [[being]], Hdt., Thuc., etc.:— then, implying a [[chance]] of [[success]], [[κινδυνεύω]] (c. inf.) is used to [[express]] [[what]] may [[possibly]] or [[probably]] [[happen]], κινδυνεύουσι οἱ ἄνθρωποι γόητες [[εἶναι]] they run a [[risk]] of [[being]] reputed conjurors, Hdt.; κινδυνεύσεις ἐπιδεῖξαι χρηστὸς [[εἶναι]] you [[will]] [[have]] a [[chance]] of showing [[your]] [[worth]], Xen.; κινδυνεύει ἀγαθὸν γεγονέναι it is [[very]] [[likely]] to [[prove]] [[good]], Plat.:—then impers., κινδυνεύει it may be, [[possibly]], Plat.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> Pass. to be endangered or imperilled, Thuc., Dem.

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