English

Noun

periculum ‎(plural pericula)

1. (law) accident or casus, as distinguished from dolus and culpa, and hence relieving one from the duty of performing an obligation

Latin

Alternative forms

• perīclum

Etymology

From *periri, a base derived from Proto-Indo-European *per- ‎(“to attempt, try, research, risk”) (see also Dutch gevaar ‎(“danger, risk, peril”), German Gefahr ‎(“danger, risk, hazard”), Swedish fara ‎(“danger, risk, peril”)) +‎ -culum. Also related to experior.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /peˈriː.ku.lum/, [pɛˈriː.kʊ.ɫũ]

Noun

perīculum n ‎(genitive perīculī); second declension

1. trial, experiment, attempt, proof, essay
2. risk, hazard, danger, peril
3. ruin, destruction
4. (law) trial, action, suit
5. writ of judgment or judgement, sentence
6. (attack of) sickness

Inflection

Second declension.

Synonyms

• (experiment, proof, trial): experientia, experīmentum, tentāmentum, tentātiō
• (judgment or judgement): iūdicium
• (suit, trial): causa

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Descendants

References

• periculum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• periculum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PERICULUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “periculum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to run a risk; to tempt Providence: fortunam periclitari (periculum facere)
    
  • to be in danger: in periculo esse or versari
    
  • to find oneself in a hazardous position: in pericula incidere, incurrere
    
  • dangers threaten a man: pericula alicui impendent, imminent
    
  • many dangers hem a person in; one meets new risks at every turn: pericula in or ad aliquem redundant
    
  • to incur danger, risk: pericula subire, adire, suscipere
    
  • to expose oneself to peril: periculis se offerre
    
  • to endanger, imperil a person or thing: aliquem, aliquid in periculum (discrimen) adducere, vocare
    
  • to endanger, imperil a person or thing: alicui periculum creare, conflare
    
  • to recklessly hazard one's life: in periculum capitis, in discrimen vitae se inferre
    
  • at the critical moment: in ipso periculi discrimine
    
  • to rescue from peril: aliquem ex periculo eripere, servare
    
  • to avoid no risk in order to..: nullum periculum recusare pro
    
  • to surmount dangers: periculis perfungi
    
  • to make trial of; to risk: periculum facere alicuius rei
    
  • to try one's strength with the enemy; to try issue of battle: periculum hostis facere
    
  • the position is critical: res est in periculo, in summo discrimine
    
• periculum in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016