conabar
Dictionary entries
- Entry →conor, conari, conatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
attempt/try/endeavor, make an effort; exert oneself; try to go/rise/speak;
sg. imperf. ind. 1st
Examples
- P
Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...praestost, desine. {Ge.} oh at ego obviam conabar tibi, Dave. {Da.} accipe, em: lectumst; conveniet numeru' quantum debui..." - L
Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...epistula prima totam quaestionem explicuisse in qua probare conabar id quod nostris placet, claritatem quae post mortem contingit..." - L
ad Helviam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...uicta fortuna aliquem meorum uinceret. Itaque utcumque conabar manu super plagam meam inposita ad obliganda uulnera uestra reptare..." - M
Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...manibus adulescentium fuit. CXXVI. Quem non equidem omnino conabar excutere, sed potioribus praeferri non sinebam, quos ille..." - P
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...inque cutem radices egerat imas; plangere nuda meis conabar pectora palmis, sed neque iam palmas nec pectora nuda..."