κινδυνεύω
1. "to be daring, to make a venture, take the risk, do a daring thing", Hdt., Ar., etc.: "to be in danger", Thuc.
2. 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, id=Hdt., etc.; so, κ. περὶ τῆς ψυχῆς Ar., etc.
3. 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.
4. 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", id=Plat.
5. Pass. "to be endangered or imperilled", Thuc., Dem.