adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
perīculōsus
perīculōsus (feminine perīculōsa, neuter perīculōsum, superlative perīculōsissimus, adverb perīculōsē)
Classical[pɛ.riː.kʊˈɫoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[pe.ri.kuˈlɔː.s̬us]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- adjectivedangerous, hazardous, perilous
Horum te mori nemo coget, omnes docebunt; horum nemo annos tuos conteret, suos tibi contribuet; nullius ex his sermo periculosus erit, nullius amicitia capitalis, nullius sumptuosa obseruatio.
No one of these will force you to die, but all will teach you how to die; no one of these will wear out your years, but each will add his own years to yours; conversations with no one of these will bring you peril, the friendship of none will endanger your life, the courting of none will tax your purse.c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca Minor, De brevitate vitae 15
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
plēnus perīculī.perīculōsus -a -um — in Mille Verba, ch. Vīta et Mors
dangerous
perīculōsus — in Seneca, ch. XIV
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | perīculōsus | perīculōsa | perīculōsum |
| genitive | perīculōsī | perīculōsae | perīculōsī |
| dative | perīculōsō | perīculōsae | perīculōsō |
| accusative | perīculōsum | perīculōsam | perīculōsum |
| ablative | perīculōsō | perīculōsā | perīculōsō |
| vocative | perīculōse | perīculōsa | perīculōsum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | perīculōsī | perīculōsae | perīculōsa |
| genitive | perīculōsōrum | perīculōsārum | perīculōsōrum |
| dative | perīculōsīs | perīculōsīs | perīculōsīs |
| accusative | perīculōsōs | perīculōsās | perīculōsa |
| ablative | perīculōsīs | perīculōsīs | perīculōsīs |
| vocative | perīculōsī | perīculōsae | perīculōsa |
pĕrīcŭlōsus, a, um, adj. periculum,
I. dangerous, hazardous, perilous (class.):
in nosmetipsos periculosi, incurring danger, endangering ourselves, Cic. Att. 13, 27, 1: consuetudo, id. Ac. 2, 21, 68: periculosum et grave bellum, id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 4: periculosum et infestum iter, id. Phil. 12, 10, 25: vulnera, id. ib. 14, 9, 26: curationes, id. Off. 1. 24, 83.—With dat.: populo Romano periculosum, Caes. B. G. 1, 33.—Neutr. in abl. absol.: juxta periculoso, ficta seu vera promeret, since it was equally perilous, Tac. A. 1, 6.—Neutr. plur. as subst.: in castris quoque periculosa fortissimis imperantur, Sen. Prov. 4, 8: inimicitiae, Tac. G. 21.— Sup.: locus, Cic. Phil. 7, 3, 8: annus, Liv. 27, 35: bellum, Flor. 1, 17, 5.—Hence, adv.: pĕrīcŭlōsē, dangerously, hazardously, perilously, with danger, risk, or peril (class.): periculose aegrotans, Cic. Att. 8, 2, 3: periculose dico, id. Phil. 7, 3, 8: periculose a paucis emi, quod multorum esset, Sall. J. 8, 2.—Comp.: nihilo periculosius, without any greater risk, Auct. B. Alex. 64.—Sup.: periculosissime aliquid facere, with the greatest danger, Sen. de Ira, 3, 22, 2.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
perīculōsus adj. with comp. and sup.
periculum, dangerous, hazardous, perilous : consuetudo: iter: volnera: alea, H.: populo R. periculosum, Cs.: cum novorum fidem experiri periculosum duceret, S.: periculosum est, with inf., L., Cu.: periculosiores inimicitiae, Ta.: periculossimus locus. — Dangerous, threatening : in nosmet ipsos.
Origins
From perīculum (“an attempt, risk”) + -ōsus.
Descendants
- Catalanperillós
- Italianpericoloso
- Englishpericulous
- Englishperilousfrom Old French perilleus
- Frenchpérilleuxfrom Old French perilleus
- Occitanperilhós
- Portugueseperigoso
- Portuguesepericuloso
- Romanianpericulos
- Sardinianpericulosu
In English words that came into English from perīculōsus
- perilousperīculōsus
- meticulousmeticulōsus
- parlousperīculōsus
- periculousperīculōsus