temptem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tempto, temptare, temptavi, temptatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
test, try; urge; worry; bribe;
sg. pres. act. subj. 1st
Examples
Stichus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...indaudiverim eas in se meruisse culpam, an potius temptem saeviter, [an minaciter. scio litis fore, ego meas novi..."Liber I
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...fecerat olim Maecenas Flacco Vergilioque suo: condere uicturas temptem per saecula curas et nomen flammis eripuisse meum..."V
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...excusem vel pessimum patrem, ut sacro nomini temptem gratiam petere de venia. sim licet crudelis ac saevus, filium..."Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...nocet esse sororem. dummodo tale nihil vigilans committere temptem, saepe licet simili redeat sub imagine somnus! testis abest..."