conato
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;
abl. sg. perf. part.abl. sg. perf. part.dat. sg. perf. part.dat. sg. perf. part. - Entry →conatum, conati:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
effort; attempt/design/attempted action (in pejorative sense); (usu. pl.) (L+S);
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
- G
Vitellius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...alterius poenae duos filios adiecit deprecari pro patre conatos. Sed et equitem R. proclamantem, cum raperetur ad poenam..." - T
Liber XXXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Tichiunta et Rhoduntiam, nequiquam subire ad ea castella conato, fuerat. Macedones quique alii in castris regiis erant primo..." - T
Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...alius exercitus proelio intentus stabat. Ibi impedire opus conatos hostes fundit fugatque; tantumque inde pavoris Faliscis iniectum..."
