1. pĕrīcŭlum — Lewis & Short
pĕrīcŭlum (contr. pĕrīclum, very freq. in the poets, e. g. i, n.root, Sanscr. par, pi-par-mi, to conduct, guide; Gr. pera/w, to pierce; po/ros. a way through, passage; Lat. porta, portus, ex - perior, per-itus; cf. Germ. fahren, Gefahr,
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 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.