[1] For this gloss see already alpha 2047. The two verbs a)narri/ptw and a)nalamba/nw are quite different in basic meanings: "toss in the air" versus "pick up from the ground," but may both be used of "undertaking" missions that are risky or dangerous, such as battles. The forms of the imperfect verbs may be, as usual, either first person singular or third person plural.
[2] This phrase for risking everything was already in general use when Julius Caesar used it for his decision to cross the Rubicon and invade the Roman homeland, as reported in Plutarch's life (Caesar 32), probably from the lost eye-witness account of Asinius Pollio. See epsilon 3013, kappa 2591, kappa 2601.
[3] Aristophanes, fr.929 PCG vol.3.2 (= 673 Kock). This metaphor for one's life as a gambled die must be spoken by a person who finds his or her life or well-being put at risk by another as their last chance. See kappa 1633. See Taillardat's note on this metaphor and his translation, "So speak, for I am your last chance" (Images d'Aristophane, p.488). For this use of pa=s ku/bos as the final decisive throw of the dice (cf. Greek Anthology 5.24) in board games, see Taillardat's edition of the lost work of Suetonius On Games, pp.153-4, and Kokolakis pp.9ff.