periculosus

pĕrīcŭlōsus, a, um, adj. [periculum], 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.