risk (v.) Copy link • risk (v.): pĕrīclĭtor (more freq. neut. than act. in this sense, and constr. with abl. or inf.): to r. one's character for ability, p. fama ingenii, Liv. 40, 15, ad fin.: that their life should be r.'d, ut vita periclitaretur, Caes. B. G. 6, 34: to r. the welfare of the republic, p. salutem reipublicae, Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11: v. endanger, venture. Phr.. to r. the fortunes of the army, fortunas exercitus in dubium devocare, Caes. B. G. 6, 7: her life will be r.'d, vita in dubium veniet, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 42: to r. one's all, dare summam rerum in aleam, Liv. 42, 59, ad fin.