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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• venture (v.):
  1. A. Trans.:
    1. I. To expose to risk: pĕrīclĭtor, 1 (rare in this sense): we must not v. the safety of the state, non est salus periclitanda rei publicae, Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11: v. to risk, endanger. Phr.: with the words given in preced. art.: to v. one's safety, in periculum se committere, id. Inv. 2, 8, 27, fin.: to v. one's life, periculum adire capitis, id. Rosc. Am. 38, 110: to v. all, dare summam rerum in aleam, Liv. 42, 59, ad fin.: to v. one's safety, se in aleam tanti casus dare, id. 42, 50: to v. the issue, rem in casum dare, Tac. A. 12, 14: v.ing a stake, posito pignore, Ov. A. A. 1, 168: they are ready to v. any wager, quovis pignore contendunt, Cat. 44, 4: v. to hazard, risk: to v. one's head, periclitari capite, Mart. 6, 26, 1: v. III.: to v. one's fortunes, de fortunis dimicare, Cic. Sest. 1, 1.
    2. II. To undertake what is attended with risk:
      1. 1. audeo, ausus, 2 (to dare): what emboldens him to v. this? quâ audaciâ tantum facinus a.? Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 37: to v. a battle, a. aciem, Tac. A. 12, 28: Liv.: Caes.: with inf., he never v.d to hope, nunquam est ausus optare, Cic. Manil. 9, 25, init.
      2. 2. cōnor, 1 (to attempt): to v. so great an undertaking, c. tantam rem, Liv. 42, 59: v. to attempt.
      3. 3. tento, 1 (to put to the test): to v. the fortune of war, t. fortunam belli, Caes. B. G. 1, 36: for other examples of constr. v. Dr. Smith's Lat. Dict.
      4. 4. perīclĭtor, 1 (to make trial of). joined with tentare: to v. the fortune of war, belli fortunam tentare ac p., Cic. Verr. 5, 50, 132.
      5. 5. expĕrior, 4 (to try, prove): to v. everything, e. omnia, Ter. Andr. 2, 1, 11.
  2. B. Intrans.: to encounter risk:
      1. 1. audeo, ausus, 2: it is more dangerous to be detected than to v., periculosius est deprehendi quam a., Tac. Agr. 15, fin.
      2. 2. cōnor, 1: bold in v.ing, audax ad conandum, Liv. 45, 23.
      3. 3. perīclĭtor (to be in peril, will often expr. phrases coming in English under I.): that the lives of the Gauls might be v.d rather than those of the legionaries, ut potius Gallorum vita quam legionarium p., Caes. B. G. 6, 34, fin.: v. I. phr.: v. also to dare, to encounter (II.).