temptavimus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tempto, temptare, temptavi, temptatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
test, try; urge; worry; bribe;
pl. perf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...praeceptorum traditionem desideret. III. In ceteris enim admiscere temptavimus aliquid nitoris, non iactandi ingenii gratia (namque..."Germania
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...Romanis classibus navigatos. Ipsum quin etiam Oceanum illa temptavimus: et superesse adhuc Herculis columnas fama vulgavit, sive adiit..."