Latin

Noun

discrīmen n ‎(genitive discrīminis); third declension

1. distinction, difference
2. division, separation
3. decision
4. crisis, hazard, danger, risk
5. encounter, battle

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Derived terms

• discrīminō

References

• discrimen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• discrimen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• DISCRIMEN in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “discrimen”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • just at the critical moment: in ipso discrimine (articulo) temporis
    
  • the position is very critical: res in summo discrimine versatur
    
  • to be in peril of one's life: in vitae discrimine versari
    
  • to risk one's life: salutem, vitam suam in discrimen offerre (not exponere)
    
  • to endanger, imperil a person or thing: aliquem, aliquid in periculum (discrimen) adducere, vocare
    
  • to recklessly hazard one's life: in periculum capitis, in discrimen vitae se inferre
    
  • a man's life is at stake, is in very great danger: salus, caput, vita alicuius agitur, periclitatur, in discrimine est or versatur
    
  • at the critical moment: in ipso periculi discrimine
    
  • the position is critical: res est in periculo, in summo discrimine