dangerous Copy link Outline 1. pĕrīcŭlōsus2. anceps, -cĭpĭtis (doubtful; of uncertain and so dangerous issue)3. dŭbius (like anceps)4. infestus (strictly hostile, inimical)5. grăvis, e (of what is unhealthy or in any way serious and formidable)6. lubrīcus (lit. slippery • dangerous: 1. pĕrīcŭlōsus: he saw it was d. to the Roman people, populo Romano periculosum (esse) videbat, Caes.: a d. wound, p. vulnus, Cic.: a d. and deceitful habit, p. et lubrica consuetudo, Cic.: we are d. to our own selves, in nosmet ipsos p. sumus, Cic.: d. risk, p. alea, Hor.: to apply d. and doubtful remedies to very severe disorders, gravioribus morbis curationes p. et ancipites adhibere, Cic. 2. anceps, -cĭpĭtis (doubtful; of uncertain and so dangerous issue): a noble saying for the state, but d. to the speaker, vox pro repub. honesta, ipsi anceps, Cic.: d. roads, a. viae, Ov.: d. diseases, a. morbi, Plin. 3. dŭbius (like anceps): d. circumstances, res d., Liv.: d. times, d. tempora, Hor. 4. infestus (strictly hostile, inimical): a d. state of health, inf. valetudo, Cic.: a plague d. to the state, pestis inf. reipub., Cic.: a d. journey, iter inf., Cic. 5. grăvis, e (of what is unhealthy or in any way serious and formidable): the shade is wont to be d. to singers, solet esse g. cantantibus umbra, Virg.: d. ulcers, g. ulcera, Cels. 6. lubrīcus (lit. slippery: hence of that which exposes to fall and injury): a very difficult and d. mode of defence, perdifficilis et l. defensionis ratio, Cic.: to be in a d. place, in lubrico esse, id. Join: praeceps et lubricus, Cic. Phr.: it is d. to buy, etc.., periculose emitur, Sall.: it is very d. to make a mistake in such matters, in his rebus magno periculo erratur, Sen.: it is d. to despise anything in an enemy, in hoste nihil tuto despicitur, Curt.: it will be very d. for you to do this, summo tuo periculo hoc feceris, Cic.: he is a d. fellow, fenum habet in cornu, Hor.: a d. man, homo cavendus; metuendus; fugiendus: Cic.: a d. position, angustiae; discrimen: v. straits.