temptamina
Dictionary entries
- Entry →temptamen, temptaminis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
trial, attempt, essay;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...annosDardaniusque senex medii bellare togatastrage fori. stupuere patres temptamina tantaconatusque tuos, nec te reus ipse timebat. 110par vigor..."- P
Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...quam sic dolor ipse decebat! quid referam, quotiens temptamina nostra pudici reppulerint mores, quotiens "ego" dixerit "uni servor..." - P
Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...dabat populo responsa petenti; prima fide vocisque ratae temptamina sumpsit caerula Liriope, quam quondam flumine curvo inplicuit clausaeque..."