Periculum

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Danger; risk.

II. Periculum ·noun In a narrower, judicial sense: Accident or casus, as distinguished from dolus and culpa, and hence relieving one from the duty of performing an Obligation.

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periculum
pĕrīcŭlum (contr. pĕrīclum, very freq. in the poets, e. g. Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 29; Ter. And. 350; ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
periculum
perīculum or (poet.) perīclum ī, n 1 PAR-, a trial, experiment, attempt, test, proof, essay : fac ...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary