pĕrīcŭlōsus, a, um, adj. [periculum],
dangerous , hazardous , perilous (class.): in nosmetipsos periculosi, incurring danger , endangering ourselves , Cic. Att. 13, 27, 1: consuetudo, id. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 21, 68: periculosum et grave bellum, id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 4: periculosum et infestum iter, id. Phil. 12, 10, 25: vulnera, id. ib. 14, 9, 26: curationes, id. Off. 1. 24, 83.—With dat.: populo Romano periculosum, Caes. B. G. 1, 33.— Neutr. in abl. absol. : juxta periculoso, ficta seu vera promeret, since it was equally perilous , Tac. A. 1, 6.— Neutr. plur. as subst. : in castris quoque periculosa fortissimis imperantur, Sen. Prov. 4, 8: inimicitiae, Tac. G. 21.— Sup. : locus, Cic. Phil. 7, 3, 8: annus, Liv. 27, 35: bellum, Flor. 1, 17, 5.—Hence, adv.: pĕrīcŭlōsē , dangerously , hazardously , perilously , with danger , risk , or peril (class.): periculose aegrotans, Cic. Att. 8, 2, 3: periculose dico, id. Phil. 7, 3, 8: periculose a paucis emi, quod multorum esset, Sall. J. 8, 2.— Comp. : nihilo periculosius, without any greater risk , Auct. B. Alex. 64.— Sup. : periculosissime aliquid facere, with the greatest danger , Sen. de Ira, 3, 22, 2.