ἀποκινδυνεύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">make a desperate venture, try a forlorn hope</b>, <b class="b3">πρός τινα</b> [[against]] another, <span class="bibl">Th.7.81</span>; οὐ τῶν εὐτυχούντων ἦν τὸ ἀ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Fr.</span>159</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. ἔν τινι</b> [[to make trial in]] his [[case]], [[upon]] him, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span> 4.2.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.104</span>; ἀ. πάσαις ταῖς δυνάμεσι <span class="bibl">D.H.3.52</span>; ἀ. περὶ τῶν ὅλων <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alex.</span>17</span>: c. acc. cogn., <b class="b3">ἀ. τοῦτο</b> [[to make]] this [[venture]], <span class="bibl">Lys. 4.17</span>: c. inf., <b class="b3">ἀποκινδυνεύετον . . σοφόν τι λέγειν</b> Ar <span class="title">Ra.</span>1108:—Pass., ἡμῖν . . ἀποκεκινδυνεύσεται τὰ χρήματα [[will be put to the uttermost hazard]], <span class="bibl">Th.3.39</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[shrink from the dangers of]] another, [[abandon]] him [[in danger]], τινός Philostr.V A7.15.</span>