noun · neutersecond declension
perīculum
perīculum n (genitive perīculī)
Classical[pɛˈriː.kʊ.ɫũː]Ecclesiastical[peˈriː.ku.lum]
№ 265 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- trial, experiment, attempt, proof, essay
- risk, hazard, danger, peril
- ruin, destruction
- trial, action, suit
- writ of judgment or judgement, sentence
- sickness
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quod salūtī nocēre potest; in perīculō timēmus.perīculum -ī n — in Mille Verba, ch. Vīta et Mors
danger
perīculum -ī — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 2, 7, 8, 10, 16, 17, 23
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Tentare · Experiri · Periclitari · Periculum · Discrimen
1. Tentare means, to make an experiment, in order to form a judgment of something, from a desire of knowledge, and with activity; periclitari, with courage and contempt of the danger associated with the experiment; experiri, merely to learn something by actual experiment. 2. Periculum denotes danger, as occupying duration, of time; discrimen, as a point of time, as the critical moment and the culminating point of periculum. Liv. vi. 17. In ipso discrimine periculi destituat. (v. 263.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | perīculum | perīcula perīcla |
| genitive | perīculī perīclī | perīculōrum perīclōrum |
| dative | perīculō perīclō | perīculīs perīclīs |
| accusative | perīculum | perīcula perīcla |
| ablative | perīculō perīclō | perīculīs perīclīs |
| vocative | perīculum | perīcula perīcla |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- periculis perfungi
- to surmount dangers.
- periculis se offerre
- to expose oneself to peril.
- periculum hostis facere
- to try one's strength with the enemy; to try issue of battle.
- in periculo esse or versari
- to be in danger.
- in ipso periculi discrimine
- at the critical moment.
- aetate (temporibus) Periclis
- in the time of Pericles.
- nullum periculum recusare pro
- to avoid no risk in order to...
- periculum facere alicuius rei
- to make trial of; to risk.
10 more phrases
- in pericula incidere, incurrere
- to find oneself in a hazardous position.
- alicui periculum creare, conflare
- to endanger, imperil a person or thing.
- pericula subire, adire, suscipere
- to incur danger, risk.
- pericula alicui impendent, imminent
- dangers threaten a man.
- pericula in or ad aliquem redundant
- many dangers hem a person in; one meets new risks at every turn.
- aliquem ex periculo eripere, servare
- to rescue from peril.
- fortunam periclitari (periculum facere)
- to run a risk; to tempt Providence.
- res est in periculo, in summo discrimine
- the position is critical.
- in periculum capitis, in discrimen vitae se inferre
- to recklessly hazard one's life.
- aliquem, aliquid in periculum (discrimen) adducere, vocare
- to endanger, imperil a person or thing.
pĕrīcŭlum (contr. pĕrīclum, very freq. in the poets, e. g. Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 29; Ter. And. 2, 2, 13; 5, 1, 2; 5, 2, 26 al.; Lucr. 1, 580; 2, 5 et saep.; Verg. A. 2, 709; 751; 3, 711 et saep.; Juv. 6, 94), i, n. root, Sanscr. par, pi-par-mi, to conduct, guide; Gr. περάω, to pierce; πόρος. a way through, passage; Lat. porta, portus, ex - perior, per-itus; cf. Germ. fahren, Gefahr,
I. a trial, experiment, attempt, proof, essay (class.; cf. disorimen).
I. Lit.:
fac periculum in litteris, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 23: miser est homo qui amat ... Scio qui periclum feci, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 27: priusquam periclum faceret, Caes. B. G. 4, 21: ex aliis, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 36: alicujus fidei periculum facere, to make trial of, to try, Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 34: quā in re tute tui periculum fecisti, id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27: legionum, Auct. B. Afr. 79.— II. Transf.
A. Concr., an attempt in writing, an essay:
faciunt imperite, qui in isto periculo non ut a poëtā, sed ut a teste, veritatem exigent (speaking of a poem in honor of Marius), Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 4; Aus. Idyll. 10, 215.—B. Risk, hazard, danger, peril (which acompanies an attempt;
the common signif. of the word): meo periclo rem gero, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 100: tuo ego istaec dicam illi periculo, id. ib. 4, 2, 17: periculum facere, to run a risk, id. ib. 1, 1, 63: si ei subito sit allatum periculum discrimenque patriae, Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154: salus sociorum summum in periculum ac discrimen vocatur, id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 12: discriminum et periculorum comites, id. N. D. 2, 66, 166: obire pericula ac labores, Liv. 1, 54: periculum adire capitis, to run the risk of one's life, Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110: in periculo animarum suarum, Vulg. 1 Par. 11, 19: subire pro amico, Cic. Part. 19, 66: suscipere, to take upon one's self, id. Mur. 36, 76: ingredi, id. ib. 2, 4: conflare alicui, to cause, occasion, id. Sull. 4, 13: intendere in aliquem, id. Rosc. Am. 3, 7: intendere alicui, id. Att. 2, 19, 1: mortis alicui inicere, id. Caecin. 29, 83: facessere innocenti, id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45: facere alicui, Sall. C. 33, 1; cf.: ego nihil facio tibi periculi, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 7: creare alicui, Cic. Att. 22, 2: comparare alicui, id. Fl. 38, 96: moliri optimis civibus, id. Sest. 1, 1: amici depellere, id. Clu. 6, 8: subterfugere, id. Fam. 15, 1, 4: adducta est res in maximum periculum et extremum paene discrimen, id. Phil. 7, 1, 1: se in periculum capitis atque in vitae discrimen inferre, id. Balb. 10, 25: arcessere aliquem in summum capitis periculum, id. Rab. Perd. 9, 26: includere in periculum, id. Clu. 55, 155: in periculum se committere, to get into danger, id. Inv. 2, 8, 37: eripere ex periculo, id. Clu. 26, 70: extrahere ex periculo, to release from danger, id. Sest. 4, 11: rem publicam a periculo prohibere, id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19: liberare periculis, id. de Or. 1, 8, 32: res in periculo vertitur, the affair becomes perilous, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 12: esse in periculo, Cic. Fam. 4, 15, 2: in periculo versari, id. Rab. Post. 9, 23: a securi negat ei periculum esse, that danger threatens him, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 116: periculum est, ne, there is danger that, id. Tusc. 5, 40, 118; so Cic. Verr. 1, 11, 32: periculo meo, tuo, suo, at my, your, his risk: meo periculo, id. Sest. 52, 111: crede audacter meo periculo, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 51: meo periculo rem gero, id. Bacch. 4, 4, 100; id. As. 2, 4, 51: des ei nummos fide et periculo meo, Dig. 46, 1, 24: navem sumptu periculoque suo armatam mittere, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 50; id. Fl. 17, 41: rem periculi sui facere, to do a thing at one's own risk, Dig. 23, 5, 16: bono periculo, safely, without danger (post-class.), App. Mag. p. 320, 16.—2. In partic.
a. A trial, action, suit at law (class.):
meus labor in privatorum periculis caste integreque versatus, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 2: aliquem in periculis defendere, Nep. Phoc. 2, 3.—b. A writ of judgment, a sentence:
unum ab iis petivit, ut in periculo suo inscriberent, etc., Nep. Ep. 8: pericula magistratuum, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 79, § 183.—c. A sickness, attack of sickness (post-Aug.):
in acutis vero periculis nullis dandum est vinum, Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 48.—d. Ruin, destruction (postclass.):
tremefactae nutant usque ad periculum civitates, Arn. 1, 4.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
perīculum or (poet.) perīclum ī, n
1 PAR-, a trial, experiment, attempt, test, proof, essay : fac periculum in litteris, T.: priusquam periclum faceret, Cs.: meae fidei periculum facere. — An attempt, essay : in isto periculo veritatem exigere (of a poem).— Risk, hazard, danger, peril : Non fit sine periclo facinus magnum, T.: salus sociorum summum in periculum vocatur: obire pericula ac labores, L.: periculum adire capitis, run the risk of life : suscipere, take upon oneself : facessere innocenti: aliis facere, S.: si mihi periculum crearetur ab eo: periculis vobiscum adero, S.: erat magni periculi res dimicare, etc., Cs.: non est periculum, ne id facere non possit: in periculum se committere, get into danger : extrahere ex periculo, release from danger : esse in periculo: a securi negat ei periculum esse, that danger threatens him : meo periculo, at my risk.—A trial, action, suit at law : meus labor in privatorum periculis: hunc in periculis defendere, N.— A judicial record, judgment-roll : petivit, ut in periculo suo inscriberent, etc., N.: pericula magistratuum.
Origins
Possibly from Proto-Italic *per-ei-klom, itself from the affixation of *-klom to an ablauting athematic i-present *pérh₃-i- ~ *pr̥h₃-éy-, which belongs to the root *perh₃- (“to go through, carry forth, attempt”). De Vaan considers this i-present to also be the source for pariō, though the etymology of this verb is disputed and there are alternative explanations. Alternatively, Weiss derives the term from a putative fourth conjugation verb *perī-rī, which is perhaps also evidenced by experior (“to try”) and perītus (“experienced, skilled”).
Descendants
- Catalanperillfrom Old Occitan perilh
- Italianperigliofrom Old Occitan perilh
- Occitanperilhfrom Old Occitan perilh
- Frenchpérilfrom Old French peril
- Englishperilfrom Old French peril
- Portugueseperigofrom Old Galician-Portuguese perigoo
- Sardinianperículu
- Sardinianperígulu
- Sardinianpirígulu
- Italianpericolo