perīculum
lat. perīculum „Prüfung, Risiko“
From *perīrī, from Proto-Italic *perītlom, a base derived from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to attempt, try, research, risk”) (see also English fear, 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/, [pɛˈriːkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /peˈri.ku.lum/, [peˈriːkulum]
Noun
perīculum n (genitive perīculī); second declension
- trial, experiment, attempt, proof, essay
- risk, hazard, danger, peril
- ruin, destruction
- (law) trial, action, suit
- writ of judgment or judgement, sentence
- (attack of) sickness
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | perīculum | perīcula |
| Genitive | perīculī | perīculōrum |
| Dative | perīculō | perīculīs |
| Accusative | perīculum | perīcula |
| Ablative | perīculō | perīculīs |
| Vocative | perīculum | perīcula |
Synonyms
- (experiment, proof, trial): experientia, experīmentum, tentāmentum, tentātiō
- (risk): discrīmen
- (judgment or judgement): iūdicium
- (suit, trial): causa