pĕrīcŭlum | pĕrīclum (noun N) : (contr. , 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), , 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
* A trial, experiment, attempt, proof, essay (class.; cf. disorimen).
* 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.
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* 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.
* 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.
* In partic.
* 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.
* 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.
* A sickness, attack of sickness (post-Aug.): in acutis vero periculis nullis dandum est vinum,Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 48.
* Ruin, destruction (postclass.): tremefactae nutant usque ad periculum civitates,Arn. 1, 4.

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