periclitate
English
Etymology
From the past participle stem of Latin periclitari, from periculum (“experiment, risk”). Compare peril.
Verb
periclitate (third-person singular simple present periclitates, present participle periclitating, simple past and past participle periclitated)
- (obsolete) To endanger.
- 1765, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, volume 8, Penguin, published 2003, page 491:
- And why so many grains of calomel? santa Maria! and such a dose of opium! periclitating, pardi! the whole family of ye, from head to tail.
Latin
Romanian
Declension
Declension of periclitate
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (o) periclitate | periclitatea | (niște) periclitatăți | periclitatățile |
genitive/dative | (unei) periclitatăți | periclitatății | (unor) periclitatăți | periclitatăților |
vocative | periclitate, periclitateo | periclitatăților |
References
- periclitate in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Spanish
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