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periculosus

periculosus · adj

dangerous

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Where it lives

De Paenitentia 4 · 9.82/10k
De Tranquillitate Animi 6 · 7.94/10k
Historiae 2 · 4.93/10k
De Providentia 2 · 4.89/10k
De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites 3 · 4.5/10k
Excerpta Controversiae 9 · 4.2/10k
De Cultu Feminarum 2 · 3.9/10k
Suasoriae 4 · 3.89/10k
Cum Populo Gratias Egit 1 · 3.79/10k
De Medicina 37 · 3.61/10k
Maximus et Balbinus 1 · 3.18/10k
De Vita Iulii Agricolae 2 · 2.97/10k

Densest 12 of 81 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

pĕrīcŭlōsus — Lewis & Short

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.

In the wild

periculosum Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 6.3.34
periculosissimo Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.2.30.3
periculose Cicero, Letters to Atticus 10.1.4
Periculosum Seneca, De Tranquillitate Animi 9.4.3
periculosus Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 10.1.30
periculoso Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 22.9.11

6 of 335 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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