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pertemptari Verb: present passive infinitive of pertento

See pertemptari in Morpho

per-tento, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to feel all over; hence,
  • To prove, try, test any thing.
    • A Lit. (very rare): cum utrumque pugionem pertentasset, Tac. H. 2, 49: alta bipenni latera, Petr. poët. Sat. 89, 24.—
    • B Trop. (rare but class.): aliquem, Ter. And. 588: animum cohortis, Tac. H. 1, 29: rem, to consider or weigh well, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 5: omnia pertento, omnia experior, Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 15: nobilium adulescentium animos, Liv. 2, 3, 6.—
  • II To pervade, invade; to seize, affect (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): dum prima lues ... Pertentat sensus, Verg. A. 7, 354: pertentant gaudia pectus, id. ib. 1, 502: tremor pertentet Corpora, id. G. 3, 250: vinolentiā ac fatigatione pertentatus, Ap. Met. 1, 11, 10.

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