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conor

conor, to undertake, endeavor, attempt, try, venture

BWL

pontem reficere conatus est
he tried to repair the bridge ei ut idem conaretur persuasit
he persuaded him to try the same thing

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

cōnor, ātus sum, 1, dep. a.: to undertake, essay, attempt, try, 2.792.

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conati Verb: perfect passive participle neuter genitive singular, Verb: perfect passive participle masculine vocative plural, Verb: perfect passive participle masculine nominative plural, Verb: perfect passive participle masculine genitive singular of conor

conati Noun: neuter genitive singular of conatum

See conati in Morpho

cōnor, ātus, 1,
  • v. dep., to undertake, endeavor, attempt, try, venture, presume, etc. (freq. and class.; syn. molior, Ter. Heaut. 240; opp. facere, Cic. Rosc. Am. 19, 54; opp. perficere, id. Or. 30, 105); constr. with acc., inf., rarely with abl. of the gerund., or absol.
          • α With acc. (mostly of indef. objects): quicquam fallaciae, Ter. And. 197: istuc, id. ib. 270: idem, Caes. B. G. 1, 3: opus magnum et arduum, Cic. Or. 10, 33: id quod conantur, id. Cat. 2, 9, 19: multa, id. Or. 30, 105; id. Fin. 1, 16, 82: tantum scelus, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 5, 13, 30; cf.: tantam rem, Liv. 42, 59, 8: muita stulte, Nep. Hann. 8, 3; Quint. 2, 4, 10: plurima frustra, Verg. A. 9, 398.—
          • β With inf. (freq.): hoc dicere, Cic. Quint. 20, 62: aliquid facere, id. Rosc. Am. 19, 54: me labefactare, id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 44: poëtas attingere, id. de Or. 2, 14, 61: versus pangere, Lucr. 1, 26: pueris absinthia dare, id. 1, 936; 4, 12 al.: facere id quod constituerant, Caes. B. G. 1, 5: invito transire, id. ib. 1, 8: tela mittere, Cat. 116, 3; Hor. C. 1, 6, 9; id. Ep. 1, 1, 19.—*
          • γ With abl. gerundii: ne frustra dehortando impedire conemini, that you attempt not vainly to dissuade, Nep. Att. 21, 6.—
          • δ With si: saepius noctu, si perrumpere possent, conati, Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 4. —
          • ε Absol.: dum moliuntur (mulieres), dum conantur, annus est, Ter. Heaut. 240: conari manibus pedibus noctisque et dies, id. And. 676: conantibus, priusquam id effici posset, adesse Romanos nuntiatur, Caes. B. G. 6, 4: qui prius cogitare quam conari consuesset, before he proceeded to the undertaking, Nep. Dat. 7, 1: ego obviam conabar tibi, Ter. Phorm. 52: audax ad conandum, Liv. 45, 23, 15.—
        • b Hence, subst.: cōnāta, ōrum, n., in pass. signif., an undertaking, attempt, venture, hazard (class.), Att. ap. Non. p. 202, 14; Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 39 (39); Lucr. 5, 386; Caes. B. G. 1, 3; Nep. Dion, 8, 5; Liv. 21, 50, 9; 42, 11, 3; Quint. 8, 3, 69; Suet. Galb. 17; Ov. M. 10, 420; 14, 755 sq.; Juv. 13, 210; Vell. 2, 35, 5 et saep.

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