to do a thing at one's own risk

pĕrīcŭlum (contr. pĕrīclum, very freq. in the poets, e. g. Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 29; Ter. And. 2, 2, 13; 5, 1, 2; 5, 2, 26 al.; Lucr. 1, 580; 2, 5 et saep.; Verg. A. 2, 709; 751; 3, 711 et saep.; Juv. 6, 94), i, n. [root, Sanscr. par, pi-par-mi, to conduct, guide; Gr. peraô, to pierce; poros. a way through, passage; Lat. porta, portus, ex - perior, per-itus; cf. Germ. fahren, Gefahr], a trial, experiment, attempt, proof, essay (class.; cf. disorimen).

Lit.:

fac periculum in litteris,

Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 23:

miser est homo qui amat... Scio qui periclum feci,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 27:

priusquam periclum faceret,

Caes. B. G. 4, 21:

ex aliis,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 36:

alicujus fidei periculum facere,

to make trial of, to try, Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 34:

quā in re tute tui periculum fecisti,

id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27: legionum, Auct. B. Afr. 79.—

Transf.

Concr., an attempt in writing, an essay:

faciunt imperite, qui in isto periculo non ut a poëtā, sed ut a teste, veritatem exigent (speaking of a poem in honor of Marius),

Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 4; Aus. Idyll. 10, 215.—

Risk, hazard, danger, peril (which acompanies an attempt;

the common signif. of the word): meo periclo rem gero,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 100:

tuo ego istaec dicam illi periculo,

id. ib. 4, 2, 17:

periculum facere,

to run a risk, id. ib. 1, 1, 63:

si ei subito sit allatum periculum discrimenque patriae,

Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154:

salus sociorum summum in periculum ac discrimen vocatur,

id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 12:

discriminum et periculorum comites,

id. N. D. 2, 66, 166:

obire pericula ac labores,

Liv. 1, 54:

periculum adire capitis,

to run the risk of one's life, Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110:

in periculo animarum suarum,

Vulg. 1 Par. 11, 19:

subire pro amico,

Cic. Part. 19, 66:

suscipere,

to take upon one's self, id. Mur. 36, 76:

ingredi,

id. ib. 2, 4:

conflare alicui,

to cause, occasion, id. Sull. 4, 13:

intendere in aliquem,

id. Rosc. Am. 3, 7:

intendere alicui,

id. Att. 2, 19, 1:

mortis alicui inicere,

id. Caecin. 29, 83:

facessere innocenti,

id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:

facere alicui,

Sall. C. 33, 1; cf.:

ego nihil facio tibi periculi,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 7:

creare alicui,

Cic. Att. 22, 2:

comparare alicui,

id. Fl. 38, 96:

moliri optimis civibus,

id. Sest. 1, 1:

amici depellere,

id. Clu. 6, 8:

subterfugere,

id. Fam. 15, 1, 4:

adducta est res in maximum periculum et extremum paene discrimen,

id. Phil. 7, 1, 1:

se in periculum capitis atque in vitae discrimen inferre,

id. Balb. 10, 25:

arcessere aliquem in summum capitis periculum,

id. Rab. Perd. 9, 26:

includere in periculum,

id. Clu. 55, 155:

in periculum se committere,

to get into danger, id. Inv. 2, 8, 37:

eripere ex periculo,

id. Clu. 26, 70:

extrahere ex periculo,

to release from danger, id. Sest. 4, 11:

rem publicam a periculo prohibere,

id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

liberare periculis,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

res in periculo vertitur,

the affair becomes perilous, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 12:

esse in periculo,

Cic. Fam. 4, 15, 2:

in periculo versari,

id. Rab. Post. 9, 23:

a securi negat ei periculum esse,

that danger threatens him, id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 116:

periculum est, ne,

there is danger that, id. Tusc. 5, 40, 118; so id. Verr. 1, 11, 32: periculo meo, tuo, suo, at my, your, his risk:

meo periculo,

id. Sest. 52, 111:

crede audacter meo periculo,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 51:

meo periculo rem gero,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 100; id. As. 2, 4, 51:

des ei nummos fide et periculo meo,

Dig. 46, 1, 24:

navem sumptu periculoque suo armatam mittere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 50; id. Fl. 17, 41:

rem periculi sui facere,

to do a thing at one's own risk, Dig. 23, 5, 16: bono periculo, safely, without danger (post-class.), App. Mag. p. 320, 16.—

In partic.

A trial, action, suit at law (class.):

meus labor in privatorum periculis caste integreque versatus,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 2:

aliquem in periculis defendere,

Nep. Phoc. 2, 3.—

A writ of judgment, a sentence:

unum ab iis petivit, ut in periculo suo inscriberent, etc.,

Nep. Ep. 8:

pericula magistratuum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 79, § 183.—

A sickness, attack of sickness (post-Aug.):

in acutis vero periculis nullis dandum est vinum,

Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 48.—

Ruin, destruction (postclass.):

tremefactae nutant usque ad periculum civitates,

Arn. 1, 4.

pĕrīcŭlum (contr. pĕrīclum, very freq. in the poets, e. g. Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 29; Ter. And. 2, 2, 13; 5, 1, 2; 5, 2, 26 al.; Lucr. 1, 580; 2, 5 et saep.; Verg. A. 2, 709; 751; 3, 711 et saep.; Juv. 6, 94), i, n. [root, Sanscr. par, pi-par-mi, to conduct, guide; Gr. peraô, to pierce; poros. a way through, passage; Lat. porta, portus, ex - perior, per-itus; cf. Germ. fahren, Gefahr], a trial, experiment, attempt, proof, essay (class.; cf. disorimen).

Lit.:

fac periculum in litteris,

Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 23:

miser est homo qui amat... Scio qui periclum feci,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 27:

priusquam periclum faceret,

Caes. B. G. 4, 21:

ex aliis,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 36:

alicujus fidei periculum facere,

to make trial of, to try, Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 34:

quā in re tute tui periculum fecisti,

id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27: legionum, Auct. B. Afr. 79.—

Transf.

Concr., an attempt in writing, an essay:

faciunt imperite, qui in isto periculo non ut a poëtā, sed ut a teste, veritatem exigent (speaking of a poem in honor of Marius),

Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 4; Aus. Idyll. 10, 215.—

Risk, hazard, danger, peril (which acompanies an attempt;

the common signif. of the word): meo periclo rem gero,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 100:

tuo ego istaec dicam illi periculo,

id. ib. 4, 2, 17:

periculum facere,

to run a risk, id. ib. 1, 1, 63:

si ei subito sit allatum periculum discrimenque patriae,

Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154:

salus sociorum summum in periculum ac discrimen vocatur,

id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 12:

discriminum et periculorum comites,

id. N. D. 2, 66, 166:

obire pericula ac labores,

Liv. 1, 54:

periculum adire capitis,

to run the risk of one's life, Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110:

in periculo animarum suarum,

Vulg. 1 Par. 11, 19:

subire pro amico,

Cic. Part. 19, 66:

suscipere,

to take upon one's self, id. Mur. 36, 76:

ingredi,

id. ib. 2, 4:

conflare alicui,

to cause, occasion, id. Sull. 4, 13:

intendere in aliquem,

id. Rosc. Am. 3, 7:

intendere alicui,

id. Att. 2, 19, 1:

mortis alicui inicere,

id. Caecin. 29, 83:

facessere innocenti,

id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:

facere alicui,

Sall. C. 33, 1; cf.:

ego nihil facio tibi periculi,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 7:

creare alicui,

Cic. Att. 22, 2:

comparare alicui,

id. Fl. 38, 96:

moliri optimis civibus,

id. Sest. 1, 1:

amici depellere,

id. Clu. 6, 8:

subterfugere,

id. Fam. 15, 1, 4:

adducta est res in maximum periculum et extremum paene discrimen,

id. Phil. 7, 1, 1:

se in periculum capitis atque in vitae discrimen inferre,

id. Balb. 10, 25:

arcessere aliquem in summum capitis periculum,

id. Rab. Perd. 9, 26:

includere in periculum,

id. Clu. 55, 155:

in periculum se committere,

to get into danger, id. Inv. 2, 8, 37:

eripere ex periculo,

id. Clu. 26, 70:

extrahere ex periculo,

to release from danger, id. Sest. 4, 11:

rem publicam a periculo prohibere,

id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

liberare periculis,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

res in periculo vertitur,

the affair becomes perilous, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 12:

esse in periculo,

Cic. Fam. 4, 15, 2:

in periculo versari,

id. Rab. Post. 9, 23:

a securi negat ei periculum esse,

that danger threatens him, id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 116:

periculum est, ne,

there is danger that, id. Tusc. 5, 40, 118; so id. Verr. 1, 11, 32: periculo meo, tuo, suo, at my, your, his risk:

meo periculo,

id. Sest. 52, 111:

crede audacter meo periculo,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 51:

meo periculo rem gero,

id. Bacch. 4, 4, 100; id. As. 2, 4, 51:

des ei nummos fide et periculo meo,

Dig. 46, 1, 24:

navem sumptu periculoque suo armatam mittere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 50; id. Fl. 17, 41:

rem periculi sui facere,

to do a thing at one's own risk, Dig. 23, 5, 16: bono periculo, safely, without danger (post-class.), App. Mag. p. 320, 16.—

In partic.

A trial, action, suit at law (class.):

meus labor in privatorum periculis caste integreque versatus,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 2:

aliquem in periculis defendere,

Nep. Phoc. 2, 3.—

A writ of judgment, a sentence:

unum ab iis petivit, ut in periculo suo inscriberent, etc.,

Nep. Ep. 8:

pericula magistratuum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 79, § 183.—

A sickness, attack of sickness (post-Aug.):

in acutis vero periculis nullis dandum est vinum,

Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 48.—

Ruin, destruction (postclass.):

tremefactae nutant usque ad periculum civitates,

Arn. 1, 4.

rĕd-ĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3, v. a. [emo].

To buy back, repurchase (freq. and class.; syn.: recupero, reparo).

In gen.:

eam (domum) non minoris, quam emit Antonius, redimet,

Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 10:

neque adeo hasce emi mihi — illi redemi rursum,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 145:

aut emendum sibi quod non habebat, aut redimendum quod habebat,

Cic. Sest. 30, 66:

de fundo redimendo,

id. Att. 11, 13, 4:

orabo, ut mihi pallam reddat, quam dudum dedi, Aliam illi redimam meliorem,

will buy in return, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 115; 4, 3, 6; cf. Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 162.—

In partic., to buy back, ransom, release, redeem a prisoner, slave, etc.: Li. Tu redimes me, si me hostes interceperint? De. Redimam, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 93; Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:

ut is homo redimatur illi,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 91; cf. id. Merc. 3, 1, 31:

captos, captivos ab hoste, a praedonibus, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 16, 55; id. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 90; cf.:

haec benignitas, redimi e servitute captos,

id. Off. 2, 18, 63; Plaut. Pers. 4, 6, 14:

servi in publicum redempti ac manumissi,

ransomed, liberated at public cost, Liv. 26, 27:

me raptum pugnā pretiove redemptum Mandere humo,

Verg. A. 9, 213; Ov. H. 3, 39; id. Am. 1, 8, 63. — Hence,

In gen., to buy off from any thing; to set free, release, rescue:

aliquem a piratis publicā civitatium pecuniā,

Vell. 2, 42, 3:

pecuniā se a judicibus, palam redemerat,

Cic. Mil. 32, 87; cf.:

se ab inquisitoribus pecuniā,

Suet. Caes. 1:

se a Gallis auro,

Liv. 22, 59:

se a cane,

Petr. 72 fin.:

se ab invidiā fortunae,

Plin. 37, 1, 2, § 3:

aliquem suo sanguine ab Acheronte,

Nep. Dion, 10, 2; cf.:

fratrem Pollux alternā morte redemit,

Verg. A. 6, 121:

corpus (sc. a morbo),

Ov. R. Am. 229:

redimite armis civitatem, quam auro majores vestri redemerunt,

Liv. 9, 4, 9; 15, 34, 5: so,

redemit Dominus Jacob,

Vulg. Jer. 31, 11; id. 1 Pet. 1, 18 et saep. —

Lit.

In gen. (rare):

statim redemi fundos omnes, qui patroni mei fuerant,

Petr. 7:

essedum sumptuose fabricatum,

Suet. Claud. 16:

libros suppressos,

id. Gram. 8.—

Of persons, to hire, bribe:

auditores conducti et redempti,

Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 4; so,

plausor redemptus,

Petr. 5, 8:

tutor aut curator redemptus,

Cod. Just. 5, 1, 4:

aemuli corrupti ac redempti,

ib. 10, 54.— More freq. and class.,

In partic., a mercant. and jurid. t. t., to take or undertake by contract; to hire, farm, etc.:

Dumnorigem portoria reliquaque omnia Aeduorum vectigalia parvo pretio redempta habere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18; Varr. L. L. 6, § 92 Müll.; cf.:

picarias de censoribus,

Cic. Brut. 22, 85:

opus,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 141:

istum eripiendum,

id. ib. 2, 1, 11, §

31: vestimenta texenda vel insulam, vel navem fabricandam,

Dig. 7, 8, 12 fin.:

litem,

to undertake, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 35.— Esp., in law, t. t., to undertake the risk of a suit for a consideration (which was held dishonorable;

opp. to the authorized stipulation of a fee): litem te redemisse contra bonos mores,

Cod. Just. 2, 12, 15; cf.

also: redimit eventum litium majoris pecuniae praemio contra bonos mores (procurator),

Dig. 17, 1, 7:

qui alios actionum suarum redimunt exactores,

i. e. who engage persons to undertake their suits in their own names, Cod. Just. 2, 13, 2; so ib. 2, 13, 1; cf., respecting redimere litem, Mühlenbruch, Die Lehre von der Cession, p. 362 sq.—

Trop., to buy, purchase.

To gain, acquire, obtain, procure any thing desirable:

ut ab eo (praetore) servorum sceleris conjurationisque damnatorum vita vel ipso carnifice internuncio redimeretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 14:

ego vitam omnium civium... quinque hominum amentium ac perditorum poenā redemi,

id. Sull. 11, 33: non vitam liberum sed mortis celeritatem pretio, id. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 119:

sepeliendi potestatem pretio,

id. ib.:

pacem sibi sempiternam,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 34:

pacem Ariovisti ne obsidibus quidem datis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 37:

pacem ab aliquo,

Just. 43, 5, 9:

omnium gratiam atque amicitiam ejus morte,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44 fin.:

militum voluntates largitione,

id. B. C. 1, 39:

primo tantummodo belli moram,

Sall. J. 29, 3:

neve auro redimat jus triste sepulcri,

Ov. M. 13, 472:

mutuam dissimulationem mali,

Tac. Agr. 6:

quidquid homines vel vitā aestimant vel morte redimunt,

Curt. 5, 5, 18; 5, 9, 3.—

To buy off, i. e. to ward off, obviate, avert an evil:

quam (acerbitatem) ego a re publicā meis privatis et domesticis incommodis libentissime redemissem,

Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 4:

haec vero, quae vel vitā redimi recte possunt, aestimare pecuniā non queo,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 23:

qui se uno quaestu decumarum omnia sua pericula redempturum esse dicebat,

id. ib. 2, 3, 19, §

49: metum virgarum pretio,

id. ib. 2, 5, 44, §

117: ignominiam assiduo labore,

Front. Strat. 4, 1, 21:

bellum ab Illyriis pactā mercede redimere,

Just. 7, 5, 1; cf.

bella,

id. 6, 1, 6; 7, 5, 1; 7, 6, 5:

si mea mors redimenda tuā esset,

Ov. P. 3, 1, 105; cf.:

nec te pugnantem tua forma redemit,

id. M. 12, 393:

qui delatorem redemit,

has bought off, hushed up, Dig. 49, 14, 29.—

To pay for; to make amends, atone, compensate for a wrong:

flagitium aut facinus redimere,

Sall. C. 14, 3:

multa desidiae crimina morte,

Vell. 2, 87 Ruhnk.:

nullam congiario culpam,

Plin. Pan. 28, 2; cf. simply culpam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8:

vitium auctore (sc. Jove),

Ov. H. 17, 49:

sua perjuria per nostram poenam,

id. Am. 3, 3, 21.—

Of one's word or promise, to redeem, keep:

verba sua,

Sen. Ben. 4, 36, 1.