venture (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Risk1. pĕrīcŭlum (danger, risk)2. discrīmen (crisis, risk)3. ālea (hazard)4. cāsus (chance, accident)5. dīmĭcātio (struggle)II. A thing risked • venture (subs.): I. Risk: 1. pĕrīcŭlum (danger, risk): to risk a v., p. subire, Caes. B. G. 1, 5: v. risk, and foll. art. 2. discrīmen (crisis, risk): freq. joined with periculum: Cic. 3. ālea (hazard): we hazard a perilous v., in dubiam a. imus, Liv. 1, 23, ad fin.: v. foll. art. 4. cāsus (chance, accident): v. foll. art. 5. dīmĭcātio (struggle): a v. of life, vitae d., Cic. Planc. 32, 77. Phr.: audax facinus, conatus. coeptum, inceptum: a bold v. is dangerous, non fit sine periculo facinus magnum, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 73: aid my bold venture, audacibus annue coeptis, Virg. G. 1, 40: Liv. 42, 59: v. attempt. II. A thing risked: perh. fortūnae, res, bŏna: v. fortunes. At a v.: tĕmĕre, temere ac fortuito, imprūdenter, cāsu: v. random (at).