Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1341.perīculum on page 1341
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perīculum danger
perīculum is a Latin Noun that primarily means danger.
Definitions for perīculum
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
danger, risk
English derivatives:
peril perilous imperil parlous
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
(usu. in phr.) Test, trial, proof.
- 2
Liability to harm, danger. (b) (w. gen. of person or thing endangered). (c) (w. gen. of thing feared).
- 3
(spec. applied to the situation of a defendant or plaintiff).
Sentences with perīculum
Latin to English
Perīculum est magnum.Compare The danger is great.
Vīta nōn est sine multīs perīculīs.Compare Life is not without many dangers.
Perīcula magna animōs nostrōs nōn superant.Compare Great dangers do not overcome our courage.
Illī sōlī nūlla perīcula in hōc cōnsiliō vident.Compare Those men alone see no dangers in this plan.
Perīculum superāvit quod timuimus.Compare He overcame the danger which we feared.
Cum perīculum magnum esset, omnēs cōpiās et arma brevī tempore contulērant.Compare Since the danger was great, they brought all their troops and arms together in a short time.
Semper in proelio eis maxumum est periculum qui maxume timent, audacia pro muro habetur.Compare In battle it is always those who are most afraid who are exposed to the greatest dangers; courage acts as a protecting wall.
Is civis vis, ferrum, periculum, urbs et omnis patria praesidium depello.Compare By violence, by the sword, by dangers, he banished that citizen from the city, and from all the bulwarks of his country.
Declension table for perīculum
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | perīculum | perīcula |
| Gen. | perīculī | perīculōrum |
| Dat. | perīculō | perīculīs |
| Acc. | perīculum | perīcula |
| Abl. | perīculō | perīculīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 28.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1341.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Bibliography
Allen, Joseph H. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on Comparative Grammar. Edited by James B. Greenough, George L. Kittredge, Albert A. Howard, and Benjamin L. D'Ooge. Boston, MA: Ginn & Company, 1903.
Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "perīculum, perīculī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/periculum-periculi.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 28.perīculum, perīculī on page 28
