gambling Copy link • gambling: ālĕa (orig. the die itself; cf. Caesar's, jacta alea est, but used by meton. for the practice of g.): the law respecting g., lex quae est de a., Cic. Ph. 2, 23, 56: to be addicted to g., aleae indulgere, Suet. Aug. 70: g. gains, ex lusu aleae compendium, Suet. Cal. l. c.: v. gambling. Having to do with g., aleatorius: losses in g., damna aleatoria, Cic. Ph. 2, 27, 67.