conatos
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;
acc. pl. perf. part. - Entry →conatus, conatus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
attempt, effort; exertion, struggle; impulse, tendency; endeavor, design;
gen. sg.
Examples
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..."Liber XXXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Tichiunta et Rhoduntiam, nequiquam subire ad ea castella conato, fuerat. Macedones quique alii in castris regiis erant primo..."Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...alius exercitus proelio intentus stabat. Ibi impedire opus conatos hostes fundit fugatque; tantumque inde pavoris Faliscis iniectum..."
