ventured

ālĕa, ae, f. [of uncer. origin; Curtius asserts an obscure connection with the words for bone; Sanscr. asthi; Zend, açti; Gr. osteon; Lat. os (ossis)].

A game with dice, and in gen., a game of hazard or chance. There were among the Romans two kinds of dice, tesserae and tali, Cic. Sen. 16, 58. The tesserae had six sides, which were marked with I. II. III. IV. V. VI.; the tali were rounded on two sides, and marked only on the other four. Upon one side there was one point, unio, an ace, like the ace on cards, called canis; on the opp. side, six points called senio, six, sice; on the two other sides, three and four points, ternio and quaternio. In playing, four tali were used, but only three tesserae. They were put into a box made in the form of a tower, with a strait neck, and wider below than above, called fritillus, turris, turricula, etc. This box was shaken, and the dice were thrown upon the gaming-board. The highest or most fortunate throw, called Venus, jactus Venereus or basilicus, was, of the tesserae, three sixes, and of the tali when they all came out with different numbers. The worst or lowest throw, called jactus pessimus or damnosus, canis or canicula, was, of the tesserae, three aces, and of the tali when they were all the same. The other throws were valued acc. to the numbers. When one of the tali fell upon the end (in caput) it was said rectus cadere, or assistere, Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 54, and the throw was repeated. While throwing the dice, it was customary for a person to express his wishes, to repeat the name of his mistress, and the like. Games of chance were prohibited by the Lex Titia et Publicia et Cornelia (cf. Hor. C. 3, 24, 58), except in the month of December, during the Saturnalia, Mart. 4, 14, 7; 5, 85; 14, 1; Suet. Aug. 71; Dig. 11, 5. The character of gamesters, aleatores or aleones, was held as infamous in the time of Cicero, cf. Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10; id. Phil. 2, 23, although there was much playing with aleae, and old men were esp. fond of this game, because it required little physical exertion, Cic. Sen. 16, 58; Suet. Aug. 71; Juv. 14, 4; cf.

Jahn,

Ov. Tr. 2, 471; Rupert. ad Tac. G. 24, 5:

provocat me in aleam, ut ego ludam,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 75.—Ludere aleā or aleam, also sometimes in aleā:

in foro aleā ludere,

Cic. Phil. 2, 23, 56; Dig. 11, 5, 1: ludit assidue aleam, Poët. ap. Suet. Aug. 70:

aleam studiosissime lusit,

Suet. Claud. 33; so id. Ner. 30; Juv. 8, 10:

repetitio ejus, quod in aleā lusum est,

Dig. 11, 5, 4.—Hence, in aleā aliquid perdere, Cic. Phil. 2, 13:

exercere aleam,

Tac. G. 24:

indulgere aleae,

Suet. Aug. 70:

oblectare se aleā,

id. Dom. 21:

prosperiore aleā uti,

to play fortunately, id. Calig. 41.— Trop.: Jacta alea esto, Let the die be cast! Let the game be ventured! the memorable exclamation of Cæsar when, at the Rubicon, after long hesitation, he finally decided to march to Rome, Suet. Caes. 32, ubi v. Casaub. and Ruhnk.—

Transf., any thing uncertain or contingent, an accident, chance, hazard, venture, risk:

alea domini vitae ac rei familiaris,

Varr. R. R. 1, 4:

sequentes non aleam, sed rationem aliquam,

id. ib. 1, 18:

aleam inesse hostiis deligendis,

Cic. Div. 2, 15:

dare summam rerum in aleam,

to risk, Liv. 42, 59:

in dubiam imperii servitiique aleam ire,

fortune, chance, id. 1, 23:

alea belli,

id. 37, 36:

talibus admissis alea grandis inest,

Ov. A. A. 1, 376:

periculosae plenum opus aleae,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 6: M. Tullius extra omnem ingenii aleam positus, raised above all doubt of his talents, Plin. praef. § 7: emere aleam, in the Pandects, to purchase any thing uncertain, contingent, e. g. a draught of fishes, Dig. 18, 1, 8; so ib. 18, 4, 7.

audĕo, ausus, 2, v. a. and n. ( perf. ausi = ausus sum, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 868 P.; hence freq. in the poets, and prose writers modelled after them, subj. sync. ausim, Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 21; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 45; 5, 2, 65; Lucr. 2, 178; 5, 196; Verg. E. 3, 32; id. G. 2, 289; Tib. 4, 1, 193; Prop. 2, 5, 24; 3, 12, 21; Ov. Am. 2, 4, 1; Stat. Th. 1, 18; 3, 165; id. Achill. 2, 266; Liv. praef. 1; Plin. Ep. 4, 4 fin.; Tac. Agr. 43: ausis, Att. ap. Non. p. 4, 62; Lucr. 2, 982; 4, 508; 5, 730; 6, 412; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 27 Müll.:

ausit,

Cat. 61, 65; 61, 70; 61, 75; 66, 28; Ov. M. 6, 466; Stat. Th. 12, 101; id. Achill. 1, 544; Liv. 5, 3 fin.:

* ausint,

Stat. Th. 11, 126; cf. Prisc l. l.; Struve, p. 175 sq.; Ramsh. Gr. p. 140; Neue, Formenl. II. pp. 333 sq., 542, 547 sq. al.) [acc. to Pott, for avideo from avidus, pr. to be eager about something, to have spirit or courage for it; v. 1. aveo], to venture, to venture to do, to dare; to be bold, courageous (with the idea of courage, boldness; while conari designates a mere attempt, an undertaking; syn.: conor, molior); constr. with acc., inf., quin, in with acc. or abl., and absol.

With acc. (mostly in poets and histt., esp. in Tac.):

Quā audaciā tantum facinus audet?

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 37; so,

ut pessimum facinus auderent,

Tac. H. 1, 28; 2, 85; Suet. Calig. 49: quid domini faciant, audent cum talia furesl Verg. E. 3, 16:

ausum talia deposcunt,

Ov. M. 1, 199; 13, 244:

capitalem fraudem ausi,

Liv. 23, 14; 3, 2; 26, 40; Vell. 2, 24, 5:

erant qui id flagitium formidine auderent,

Tac. A. 1, 69:

ausuros nocturnam castrorum oppugnationem,

id. ib. 2, 12; 4, 49; 11, 9; 12, 28; 14, 25; id. H. 1, 48; 2, 25; 2, 69;

4, 15 al.: ad audendum aliquid concitāsset, nisi etc.,

Suet. Caes. 8; 19; id. Tib. 37; id. Tit. 8; Just. 5, 9 al.; hence also pass.:

multa dolo, pleraque per vim audebantur,

Liv. 39, 8 fin.:

auderi adversus aliquem dimicare,

Nep. Milt. 4 fin.:

agenda res est audendaque,

Liv. 35, 35, 6; Vell. 2, 56 fin.:

patroni necem,

Suet. Dom. 14.—Also ausus, a, um, pass., Tac. A. 3, 67 fin. —

With inf. (the usual constr.;

freq. both in prose and poetry): etiam audes meā revorti gratiā?

Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 23:

Ecquid audes de tuo istuc addere?

do you undertake, venture upon? id. ib. 1, 2, 40:

commovere me miser non audeo,

I venture not to stir, id. Truc. 4, 3, 44:

Neque tibi quicquam dare ausim,

Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 65:

nil jam muttire audeo,

id. And. 3, 2, 25; 3, 5, 7; id. Heaut. 5, 1, 80; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 31:

hoc ex ipsis caeli rationibus ausim confirmare,

Lucr. 5, 196:

auderent credere gentes,

id. 2, 1036; 1, 68; by poet. license transf. to things: Vitigeni latices in aquaï fontibus audent Misceri, the juice from the vine ventures boldly to intermingle with the water, id. 6, 1072:

Mithridates tantum victus efficere potuit, quantum incolumis numquam est ausus optare,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 25:

imperatorem deposcere,

id. ib. 5, 12: ut de Ligarii (facto) non audeam confiteril id. Lig. 3, 8: audeo dicere, I dare say, venture to assert, = tolmô legein, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84 et saep.:

qui pulsi loco cedere ausi erant,

Sall. C. 9, 4; 20, 3:

quem tu praeponere no bis Audes,

Cat. 81, 6:

refrenare licentiam,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 28:

vana contemnere,

Liv. 9, 17, 9:

mensuram prodere ausos,

Plin. 2, 1, 1, § 3 al.:

non sunt ausi persequi recedentes,

Vulg. Gen. 35, 5; 44, 26; ib. Job, 29, 22; 37, 24; ib. Matt. 22, 46; ib. Act. 5, 13; ib. Rom. 5, 7 et persaepe.—

With quin:

ut non audeam, quin promam omnia,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 11.—

With in with acc. or abl. (eccl. Lat.): Rogo vos ne praesens audeam in quosdam (Gr. epi tinas), Vulg. 2 Cor. 10, 2: In quo quis audet, audeo et ego (Gr. en ô), ib. 2 Cor. 11, 21.—

Absol.:

(Romani) audendo... magni facti,

Sall. H. Fragm. 4 (n. 12 fin. Gerl.):

Nec nunc illi, quia audent, sed quia necesse est, pugnaturi sunt,

Liv. 21, 40, 7:

in ejus modi consiliis periculosius esse deprehendi quam audere,

Tac. Agr. 15 fin.:

duo itinera audendi (esse), seu mallet statim arma, seu etc.,

id. H. 4, 49:

auctor ego audendi,

Verg. A. 12, 159:

Nam spirat tragicum satis et feliciter audet,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 166.—With an object to be supplied from the context:

hos vero novos magistros nihil intellegebam posse docere, nisi ut auderent (sc. dicere, orationes habere, etc.),

Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 94; Quint. 10, 1, 33 Frotsch.; 1, 5, 72: Judaei sub ipsos muros struxere aciem, rebus secundis longius ausuri (sc. progredi, to advance further), Tac. H. 5, 11: 2, 25, cf. Verg. A. 2, 347.— Hence, P. a.,

audens, entis, daring, bold, intrepid, courageous; mostly in a good sense ( poet. or in post-Aug prose):

tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,

Verg. A. 6, 95:

audentes deus ipse juvat,

Ov. M. 10, 586; so id. A. A. 1, 608; id. F. 2, 782:

spes audentior,

Val. Fl. 4, 284:

nil gravius audenti quam ignavo patiendum esse,

Tac. A. 14, 58; id. H. 2, 2 audentissimi cujusque procursu. id. Agr. 33; id. Or. 14 al.— Adv.: audenter, boldly, fearlessly, rashly: liceat audenter dicere, — Vulg Act. 2, 29; Dig. 28, 2, 29 fin. — Comp.:

audentius jam onerat Sejanum,

Tac. A. 4, 68 progressus, id. ib. 13, 40:

circumsistere,

id. H. 2, 78:

inrupere,

id. ib. 1, 79:

agere fortius et audentius,

id. Or 18.— Sup prob not in use.—

ausus, a, um, ventured, attempted, undertaken, hence subst.: au-sum, i, n., a daring attempt, a venture, an undertaking, enterprise ( poet. or in postAug. prose; acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 351, perh. not before Verg.):

At tibi pro scelere, exclamat, pro talibus ausis,

Verg. A. 2, 535; 12, 351:

fortia ausa,

id. ib. 9, 281:

ingentibus annuat ausis,

Ov. M. 7, 178; 2, 328; 11, 12; 9, 621; 10, 460; 11, 242; id. H. 14, 49 al.; Stat. Th. 4, 368:

ausum improbum,

Plin. 2, 108, 112, § 147.