conabare
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. 2nd
Examples
Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...praestost, desine. {Ge.} oh at ego obviam conabar tibi, Dave. {Da.} accipe, em: lectumst; conveniet numeru' quantum debui..."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..."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..."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..."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..."