English → Latin
“hazard” in Latin
vocōto call, summon, beckon (with one's voice); to name, designate; to bring or put (into a state or condition)dēferōto bear, carry or bring down or away; convey; take, remove; to bring to market, sell; to give to someone, grant, confer addūcōto lead, bring, draw or convey to or to oneself; to prompt, induce, cause; to persuade, move
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
hazard v.
aliquid in aleam dare: ire in aleam alicujus rei (☞ Liv., 42, 59, extr.; 1, 23, 9): in dubium devocare aliquid (e.g., suas exercitusque fortunas, Caes.): aliquid in discrimen committere, vocare, deferre, or adducere; aliquid discrimini committere. Also, dimico de aliqua re (e.g., de vita, de fama dimico); agitur aliquid (anything is at stake; e.g., caput, one’s life: ☞ seldom agitur de aliqua re, in this sense); versatur aliquid (e.g., salus mea). To hazard so many years of prosperity on the event of a single hour, tot annorum felicitatem in unius horae dare discrimen. Some are hazarding their lives, others their glory, alii de vita, alii de gloria in discrimen vocantur. To hazard one’s life, committere se periculo mortis: the loss of anything, venio in dubium de aliqua re (Ter., Ad., 2, 2, 35); periclitor aliquid perdere (Plin., 7, 44, 55): to hazard it, aleam subire or adire; se in aleam dare: to hazard anything unnecessarily, dare aliquid in aleam non necessariam (e.g., summam rerum, Liv.): to hazard a battle, belli fortunam tentare (Caes.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for hazard?
- The usual Latin words for “hazard” are vocō, dēferō, addūcō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.