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periculosum

periculosum is a Latin form of periculosus, meaning “dangerous, perilous”. It is the nominative singular neuter adjective.

Found 83 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.33.3: … latim autem Germanos consuescere Rhenum transire et in Galliam magnam eorum multitudinem venire populo Romano periculosum videbat, neque sibi homines feros ac barbaros temperaturos existimabat quin, cum omnem Galliam occupavissent, …

Seneca the Younger, De Clementia 1.23.2: … centem esse civitas, erit ; magis irascetur a communi frugalitate desciscentibus, si paucos esse eos viderit. Periculosum est, mihi crede, ostendere civitati, quanto plures mali sint.

All forms of periculosus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.