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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• dangerous:
      1. 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. 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. 3. dŭbius (like anceps): d. circumstances, res d., Liv.: d. times, d. tempora, Hor.
      4. 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. 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. 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.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• DANGEROUS
periculosus (general term): periculi plenus. (☞ aleae plenus is poetical): anceps: dubius. (The words are found in this connection and order.) periculosus et anceps: perniciosus (leading to destruction or ruin): capitalis (threatening a man’s life or temporal well-being with danger): gravis (far from inconsiderable or unimportant; e.g., a war, an opponent; then, also, dangerous to one’s health, etc.). (The words are found in this connection and order.) gravis et periculosus. A dangerous person, homo periculosus, perniciosus, capitalis: a very dangerous affair, res magni periculi: a dangerous situation, res dubiae; angustiae (state of doubt and difficulty): discrimen (the critical point in a dangerous question or affair): In this dangerous state of affairs, hoc in tempore (Vid: Commentator on Nep., Milt., 5, 1): to be in a dangerous situation, in discrimine (in angustiis) esse or versari: in a very dangerous situation, in maximum periculum et extremum paene discrimen adductum esse (of a stale, etc.): our country is in a very dangerous state, allatum est periculum discrimenque patriae: to bring anybody into an exceedingly dangerous position (where life or property, etc.: may be lost), aliquem in summum capitis periculum arcessere; aliquem in discrimen omnium fortunarum vocare: It will be very dangerous for you to do, etc., summo periculo facies, etc. (Cic.): dangerous times, tempora periculosa, periculi plena; tempora dubia: dangerous places in the sea, *loca maris periculosa, or incerta (poetically, brevia or vada brevia). Cf.,” It is dangerous,” is often translated by adverb, periculose; thus, it is dangerous to sail in the winter, periculose navigatur hieme.