attemptarent
Dictionary entries
- Entry →attempto, attemptare, attemptavi, attemptatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
attack, assail; call into question; try to seduce/use; make an attempt on, try;
pl. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples

Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...precibus, tum me lacrimis et supplice dextra attemptare veto. rerum mihi firma potestas. i, Furias Veneremque move, dabit..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...inanibus armis, dux tamen: haud illum bello attemptare iuuencis sunt animi; nam trunca uident de uulnere multo cornua..."
