temptaverint
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tempto, temptare, temptavi, temptatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
test, try; urge; worry; bribe;
pl. futperf. act. ind. 3rdpl. perf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...plerique non antiquissimorum quidem sed tamen veterum mollire temptaverint, non solum "aversa" pro "abversis" dicendo..."Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...enim ab ullo satis explicari puto, licet multi temptaverint, unde risus, qui non solum facto aliquo dictove..."Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Gallos; ut nunquam postea nec pars nec universi temptaverint tale pugnae genus. Omissa itaque spe per vim atque..."