ε695Ἐκκυβεύειν
to gamble (everything) on dice
[Meaning] to throw oneself into danger. "Thinking it, as the poet says, a ruse, he decided in no way to gamble (everything) on dice or to take a risk with his forces; he stayed quietly in camp." And elsewhere: "the…
Ἐκκυβεύειν· ῥιπτεῖν ἑαυτὸν εἰς κίνδυνον. οἰσάμενος κατὰ τὸν ποιητὴν δόλον εἶναι οὐδαμῶς ἔκρινεν ἐκκυβεύειν οὐδὲ παραβάλλεσθαι τοῖς ὅλοις· ἦγε τὴν ἡσυχίαν ἐπὶ τῷ χάρακι. καὶ αὖθις·…