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pĕrīclĭtor | pĕrīclĭtātus, a, um (noun N) : (periclitatus, in
* Pass. signif.; v.infra fin.), v. dep. a. and n. periculum.
* Act.
* In gen., to try, prove, test any thing, to make a trial of, put to the test (class.; syn.: experior, tento): periclitatus animum sum tuum, quid faceres,Plaut. Am 3, 2, 33: an periclitamini Quid animi habeam,id. ib. 2, 2, 57: belli fortunam tentare ac periclitari,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 132: omnia,id. Quint. 31, 96: fidem alicujus. Sol. 19: in periclitandis experiundisque pueris,Cic. Div. 2, 46, 97: periclitandae vires ingenii,id. de Or. 1, 34, 157: exerceri in rebus cominus noscendis periclitandisque,Gell. 13, 8, 2.
* Neutr.
* To try, attempt, make an attempt (class.): periclitari volui, si, etc., Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3: cotidie quid nostri auderent, periclitabatur,Caes. B. G. 2, 8; Cic. Off. 3, 18, 73.
* Pregn., to venture, to be bold or enterprising (post-Aug.): proeliis et periclitando tuti sunt,Tac. G. 40.
* To be in danger or peril, to incur or be exposed to danger, to be endangered or imperilled (class.): ut potius Gallorum vita quam legionariorum periclitaretur,Caes. B. G. 6, 33: ne de summā imperii populus Romanus periclitetur, Aug. ap. Suet. Tib. 21.
* With abl.: famā ingenii,Liv. 40, 15: capite,to have one's head in danger, be in danger of losing one's head,Mart. 6, 26, 1: veneno,Just. 37, 3, 7: paralysi,Plin. 20, 15, 59, § 165: causā,to be on trial,Quint. 7, 2, 12.
* With gen. (postclass.): capitis,to be in peril of one's life,App. M. 8, p. 216, 13.
* Trop.: ut verba non periclitentur, that the words may run no danger (of losing the cause), Quint. 7, 3, 17.—Hence, , , part. perf.; in pass. signif., tried, tested: periclitatis moribus amicorum,Cic. Lael. 17, 63.
* Pass. signif.; v.infra fin.), v. dep. a. and n. periculum.
* Act.
* In gen., to try, prove, test any thing, to make a trial of, put to the test (class.; syn.: experior, tento): periclitatus animum sum tuum, quid faceres,Plaut. Am 3, 2, 33: an periclitamini Quid animi habeam,id. ib. 2, 2, 57: belli fortunam tentare ac periclitari,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 132: omnia,id. Quint. 31, 96: fidem alicujus. Sol. 19: in periclitandis experiundisque pueris,Cic. Div. 2, 46, 97: periclitandae vires ingenii,id. de Or. 1, 34, 157: exerceri in rebus cominus noscendis periclitandisque,Gell. 13, 8, 2.
* Neutr.
* To try, attempt, make an attempt (class.): periclitari volui, si, etc., Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3: cotidie quid nostri auderent, periclitabatur,Caes. B. G. 2, 8; Cic. Off. 3, 18, 73.
* Pregn., to venture, to be bold or enterprising (post-Aug.): proeliis et periclitando tuti sunt,Tac. G. 40.
* To be in danger or peril, to incur or be exposed to danger, to be endangered or imperilled (class.): ut potius Gallorum vita quam legionariorum periclitaretur,Caes. B. G. 6, 33: ne de summā imperii populus Romanus periclitetur, Aug. ap. Suet. Tib. 21.
* With abl.: famā ingenii,Liv. 40, 15: capite,to have one's head in danger, be in danger of losing one's head,Mart. 6, 26, 1: veneno,Just. 37, 3, 7: paralysi,Plin. 20, 15, 59, § 165: causā,to be on trial,Quint. 7, 2, 12.
* With gen. (postclass.): capitis,to be in peril of one's life,App. M. 8, p. 216, 13.
* Trop.: ut verba non periclitentur, that the words may run no danger (of losing the cause), Quint. 7, 3, 17.—Hence, , , part. perf.; in pass. signif., tried, tested: periclitatis moribus amicorum,Cic. Lael. 17, 63.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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