tentare
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tento, tentare, tentavi, tentatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
handle, feel; attempt, try; prove; test; attack; brave; make an attempt;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
De rhetoribus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius)
"...Fulviam, cui altera bucca inflatior erat, acumen stili tentare dixit, nec eo minus, immo vel magis..."Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...aliud subsidii quam castellum commeatu egenum: ne dubia tentare armis quam incruentas condiciones mallet. cunctante ad ea Mithridate..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...spectator moderatorque ineuntium certamina virorum, arma componeres, tela tentares, ac si quid durius accipienti videretur, ipse vibrares. Quid..."