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κινδυν-εύω , fut. -σω Hdt.8.60.α᾽, etc.: pf.
b. abs., make a venture, take a risk, Hdt.3.69, Ar.Eq.1204; to be in dire peril, Th.3.28, 6.33, etc.; to be in danger, Arist.EN1124b8, etc.; of a sick person, Hp.Aph. (Sp.7.82, Coac.374; esp. engage in war, Isoc.1.43; τοῦ χωρίου κινδυνεύοντος the post being in peril, Th.4.8; κινδυνεύων τόπος the place of danger, Plb.3.115.6.
b. to express chance, i.e. what may possibly or probably happen: c. pres., pf., or aor. inf., κινδυνεύουσι οἱ ἄνθρωποι οὗτοι γόητες εἶναι they run a risk of being reputed conjurers, Hdt.4.105; κινδυνεύσομεν βοηθεῖν we shall probably have to assist, Pl. Tht.164e, cf. 172c; κ. ἀληθὴς δόξα ἐπιστήμη εἶναι seems likely to be . . , ib.187b; κινδυνεύσεις ἐπιδεῖξαι χρηστὸς εἶναι you will have the chance of showing your worth, X.Mem.2.3.17, cf. 3.13.3; κ. ἀναμφιλογώτατον ἀγαθὸν εἶναι ib.4.2.34, cf. Pl.Ap.40b; τὰ συσσίτια κινδυνεύει συναγαγεῖν he probably organized the ς., Id.Lg.625e; κινδυνεύω πεπονθέναι ὅπερ . . Id.Grg.485e: c. fut. inf., dub. in Th.4.117; κινδυνεύει impers., it may be, possibly, as an affirmat. answer, Pl.Sph. 256e, Phdr.262c; out of courtesy, when no real doubt is implied, κινδυνεύεις ἀληθῆ λέγειν you may very likely be right, Id.Smp. 205d.
5. Pass., to be endangered or imperilled, “ἐν ἑνὶ ἀνδρὶ πολλῶν ἀρετὰς κ.Th.2.35; “τὰ χρήματα κινδυνεύεται τῷ δανείσαντιD.34.28:— but Pass. in sense of Act. dub. in GDI3569.4 (Calymna).
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