risk (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. pĕrīcŭlum (contr. pĕriclum2. ālea (prop. a die; hence hazard)3. discrīmen, ĭnis, n. (crisis) • risk (subs.): 1. pĕrīcŭlum (contr. pĕriclum: danger): doubtful r.s, dubia p., Lucr. 3, 55: at my own r., meo periculo, Cic. Sest. 52, 111: to do a thing at one's own r., rem periculi sui facere, Tryph. Dig. 23, 5, 16: to run a r., p. adire, Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83: suscipere, id. Mur. 36, 76: in periculum se mittere, Auct. Her. 3, 5, 8: committere, Cic. Inv. 2, 8, 27: periculo se committere, id. Manil. 11, 31: the r. of one's life, p. vitae, Cic. Cat. 2, 2, 3: capitis, Rosc. Am. 38, 110: mortis, id. Caecin. 29, 83: without r., bono p., Apul. Apol. p. 320: with great r., periculose (adv.), Cic. 2. ālea (prop. a die; hence hazard): a great r., a. grandis, Ov. A. A. 1, 376 r. of life, a. vitae, Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 3: to run the doubtful r. of dominion or servitude, ire in dubiam imperii servitiique a., Liv. 1, 23. 3. discrīmen, ĭnis, n. (crisis): v. turning-point. Join: periculum ac d., Cic. Manil. 5, 12: periculum d.que, id. Off. 1, 43, 154.