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  • 1 sollicito

    sollĭcĭto ( sōlĭ-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [sollicitus], to disturb, stir, agitate, move; to distress, harass, make uneasy, vex, solicit, tempt, seduce, attract, induce.
    I.
    Lit., to stir, put in lively motion, move violently, disturb, shake, exercise ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    A.
    Histri tela manu jacientes sollicitabant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 438 Vahl.): myropolas omnes sollicito;

    ubicumque unguentum est, ungor,

    keep them busy, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 10:

    nec fas esse, quod sit fundatum perpetuo aevo, sollicitare suis.. ex sedibus,

    Lucr. 5, 162:

    pinnisque repente sollicitant divum nocturno tempore lucos,

    id. 4, 1008; 2, 965: teneram ferro sollicitavit humum, stirred, i. e. by the plough, Tib. 1, 7, 30; so,

    tellurem,

    Verg. G. 2, 418:

    herbae, Quas tellus, nullo sollicitante (i. e. eam) dabat,

    Ov. F. 4, 396:

    remis freta,

    Verg. G. 2, 503:

    spicula dextrā,

    id. A. 12, 404:

    totum tremoribus orbem,

    Ov. M. 6, 699:

    stamina docto Pollice, pregn.,

    excite by handling, id. ib. 11, 169 (v. II. B. 1. infra):

    stomachum vomitu, alvum purgatione,

    to move, Cels. 1 praef. fin.: mox, velut aurā sollicitante, provecti longius, as if a breeze were moving us on, Quint. 12, prooem. 2:

    hic (spiritus naturae), quamdiu non... pellitur, jacet innoxius... ubi illum extrinsecus superveniens causa sollicitat, compellitque et in artum agit, etc.,

    stirs up, Sen. Q. N. 6, 18, 2:

    sollicitavit aquas remis,

    Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 2:

    lucus, qui primus anhelis sollicitatur equis,

    id. Idyll. 1, 3:

    seu remige Medo sollicitatur Athos,

    id. Ruf. 1, 336:

    Maenalias feras,

    to hunt, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 14:

    ne salebris sollicitentur apes,

    Col. 9, 8, 3.—Of a river:

    cum Danubius non jam radices nec media montium stringit, sed juga ipsa sollicitat,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 9.—In mal. part., Ov. Am. 3, 7, 74; Mart. 11, 22, 4; 11, 46, 4; Petr. 20, 2.—
    B.
    To produce by stirring, excite, cause to come forth, to arouse, draw out (rare): radices in ipsā arbore sollicitando, by starting roots from the tree (cf. the context), Plin. 17, 13, 21, § 98; cf.:

    sollicitatur id in nobis quod diximus ante semen,

    Lucr. 4, 1037.—
    II.
    Trop., = sollicitum facere.
    A.
    With the notion of distress, to cause distress, anxiety, uneasiness, to distress, disturb.
    1.
    Of the body (very rare and poet.):

    mala copia Aegrum sollicitat stomachum,

    distresses, Hor. S. 2, 2, 43. —
    2.
    Of the mind; constr. with acc. of person, with animum, etc.
    (α).
    To fill with apprehension, cause fear, suspense of the mind, and anxiety for the future; and pass., = sollicitum esse, to be distressed, to torment one's self:

    nunc ibo ut visam, estne id aurum ut condidi, quod me sollicitat miserum plurimis modis,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 26: certo scio, non ut Flamininum sollicitari te, Tite, sic noctesque diesque, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1:

    jamdudum equidem sentio, suspicio quae te sollicitet,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 50:

    sicine me atque illam operā tuā nunc miseros sollicitarier?

    Ter. And. 4, 2, 6: egon' id timeo? Ph. Quid te ergo aliud sollicitat? id. Eun. 1, 2, 82; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 10:

    aut quid sit id quod sollicitere ad hunc modum?

    id. Hec. 4, 4, 54:

    me autem jam et mare istuc et terra sollicitat,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1:

    an dubitas quin ea me cura (pro genero et filio) vehementissime sollicitet?

    id. Fam. 2, 16, 5:

    multa sunt quae me sollicitant anguntque,

    id. Att. 1, 18, 1:

    ne cujus metu sollicitaret animos sociorum,

    Liv. 45, 28 med.:

    cum Scipionem exspectatio successoris sollicitaret,

    id. 30, 36 fin.:

    desiderantem quod satis est neque Tumultuosum sollicitat mare, Nec, etc.,

    Hor. C. 3, 1, 26; cf. Mart. 7, 54, 2.—With de:

    de posteris nostris et de illā immortalitate rei publicae sollicitor, quae, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 29, 41.— Hence, like verbs of fearing, with ne, that ( lest):

    et Quibus nunc sollicitor rebus! ne aut ille alserit, Aut uspiam ceciderit, etc.,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 11:

    sollicitari se simulans, ne in ejus perniciem conspirarent,

    Amm. 14, 7, 9.—Also with quod, like verbs of emotion:

    me illa cura sollicitat angitque vehementer, quod... nihil a te, nihil ex istis locis... affluxit,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1.—
    (β).
    More rarely, to grieve, afflict, make wretched:

    istuc facinus quod tuom sollicitat animum, id ego feci,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 8:

    sed erile scelus me sollicitat,

    id. Rud. 1, 3, 19: cur meam senectutem hujus sollicito amentiā? why do I make my old age miserable by, etc., Ter. And. 5, 3, 16:

    haec cura (ob miserum statum rei publicae) sollicitat et hunc meum socium,

    Cic. Brut. 97, 331.—With subject-clause:

    nihil me magis sollicitat quam... non me ridere tecum,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 12, 1.—
    (γ).
    To disturb the rest or repose of a person or community, to trouble, harass, = perturbare:

    quid me quaeris? quid laboras? quid hunc sollicitas?

    Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 15; so,

    quae roget, ne se sollicitare velis,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 484:

    temeritas et libido et ignavia semper animum excruciant, et semper sollicitant,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 50:

    anxitudo, prona ad luctum et maerens, semperque ipsa se sollicitans,

    id. Rep. Fragm. 2, 41, 68:

    quoniam rebellando saepius nos sollicitant,

    Liv. 8, 13, 13:

    finitimi populi, qui castra, non urbem positam in medio ad sollicitandam omnium pacem crediderant,

    to disturb the peace, id. 1, 21, 2:

    unde neque ille sollicitare quietae civitatis statum possit,

    id. 21, 10, 12; so,

    pacem,

    id. 34, 16 fin.:

    ira Jovis sollicitati prava religione,

    id. 1, 31, 8:

    ea cura quietos (deos) sollicitat,

    Verg. A. 4, 380:

    alium ambitio numquam quieta sollicitat,

    Sen. Cons. Polyb. 4 (23), 2:

    eum non metus sollicitabit,

    id. ib. 9 (28), 4: (voluptas) licet alia ex aliis admoveat, quibus totos partesque nostri sollicitet, id. Vit. Beat. 5, 4:

    et magnum bello sollicitare Jovem,

    Ov. F. 5, 40:

    sollicitatque feros non aequis viribus hostes,

    Luc. 4, 665:

    ut me nutricibus, me aviae educanti, me omnibus qui sollicitare illas aetates solent, praeferret,

    Quint. 6, prooem. § 8: sollicitare manes, to disturb the dead by mentioning their names:

    parce, precor, manes sollicitare meos,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 32; cf.:

    cur ad mentionem defunctorum testamur, memoriam eorum a nobis non sollicitari?

    Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 23.—Hence, pregn.:

    sollicito manes,

    I disturb the dead, Ov. M. 6, 699:

    sollicitare umbras = ciere, citare, in necromancy,

    Manil. 1, 93.—
    B.
    Without the idea of distress or uneasiness.
    1.
    To stir, rouse, excite, incite ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    unicus est de quo sollicitamur honor,

    Ov. F. 6, 10, 76:

    sollicitatque deas,

    id. M. 4, 473:

    vanis maritum sollicitat precibus,

    id. ib. 9, 683:

    quoque Musarum studium a nocte silenti Sollicitare solet, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. praef. 12: cupidinem lentum sollicitas,

    Hor. C. 4, 13, 6:

    labris quae poterant ipsum sollicitare Jovem,

    Mart. 66, 16:

    me nova sollicitat, me tangit serior aetas,

    Ov. Am. 2, 4, 45:

    deinde (luxuria) frugalitatem professos sollicitat,

    Sen. Ep. 56, 10.—Hence,
    2.
    To attract, to tempt, to invite ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    si quis dotatam uxorem habet, eum hominem sollicitat sopor,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 15 Lorenz:

    nullum sollicitant haec, Flacce, toreumata canem,

    Mart. 12, 74, 5:

    cum, mira specie, feminarum sollicitaret oculos,

    Val. Max. 4, 5, 1 ext.:

    non deest forma quae sollicitet oculos,

    Sen. Ep. 88, 7:

    in his (praediis venalibus) me multa sollicitant,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 1:

    quibuscum delinimentis potest animos omnium sollicitat,

    Just. 21, 1, 5:

    omni studio sollicitatum spe regni,

    id. 8, 3, 8:

    in Graeciam Philippus cum venisset, sollicitatus paucarum civitatum direptione (i. e. spe diripiendi),

    id. 9, 1:

    sollicitati praeda,

    id. 23, 1, 10; 2, 13 fin.:

    te plaga lucida caeli... sollicitet,

    Stat. Th. 1, 27:

    magno praemio sollicitatus,

    bribed, Front. Strat. 3, 6, 4.—So, to attract the attention, occupy the mind:

    ut vix umquam ita sollicitari partibus earum debeamus ut non et summae meminerimus,

    Quint. 11, 3, 151.—
    III.
    Transf., to incite one to do something.
    A. 1.
    Absol.:

    servum sollicitare verbis, spe promissisque corrumpere, contra dominum armare,

    Cic. Deiot. 11, 30:

    non sollicitabit rursus agrarios?

    id. Phil. 7, 6, 18:

    sollicitant homines imperitos Saxo et Cafo,

    id. ib. 10, 10, 22: necare eandem voluit: quaesivit venenum;

    sollicitavit quos potuit,

    id. Cael. 13, 31:

    Milo... quos ex aere alieno laborare arbitrabatur, sollicitabat,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 22: quos ingenti pecuniae spe sollicitaverant vestri (sc. to murder Philip), Curt. 4, 1, 12:

    ipsam ingentibus sollicitare datis,

    Ov. M. 6, 463:

    pretio sperare sollicitari animos egentium,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 8, 17; Liv. 2, 42, 6; Nep. Paus. 3, 6.—So esp. milit. t. t.,= temptare (freq. in the historians), to strive to win over, tempt, instigate, incite to defection, attack, etc.:

    ad sollicitandas civitates,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 63:

    Germanos Transrhenanos sollicitare dicebantur,

    id. ib. 5, 2; so id. B. C. 3, 21; id. B. G. 5, 55; 6, 2; 7, 53;

    7, 54: servitia urbana sollicitare,

    Sall. C. 24 fin.:

    nobilissimos Hispanos in Italiam ad sollicitandos populares... miserunt,

    Liv. 24, 49, 8:

    vicinos populos haud ambigue sollicitari,

    id. 8, 23, 2:

    ad continendas urbes, quas illinc Eumenes, hinc Romani sollicitabant,

    id. 37, 8, 5:

    num sollicitati animi sociorum ab rege Perseo essent,

    id. 42, 19 fin.:

    omnes sollicitatos legationibus Persei, sed egregie in fide permanere,

    id. 42, 26 fin.; so,

    diu,

    id. 31, 5, 8; 40, 57, 2; 41, 23, 7;

    45, 35, 8: interim qui Persas sollicitarent mittuntur,

    Curt. 5, 10, 9; Suet. Oth. 5; id. Ner. 13; id. Tit. 9; Nep. Paus. 3, 6.—
    2.
    With ad and acc.:

    in servis ad hospitem necandum sollicitatis,

    Cic. Cael. 21, 51:

    servum ad venenum dandum,

    id. Clu. 16, 47:

    opifices et servitia ad Lentulum eripiendum,

    Sall. C. 50, 1:

    qui ultro ad transeundum hostes vocabant sollicitabantque,

    Liv. 25, 15, 5.—After in:

    cum milites ad proditionem, amicos ad perniciem meam pecunia sollicitet,

    Curt. 4, 11, 1.—
    3.
    With ut: civitates sollicitant [p. 1722] ut in libertate permanere vellent, Caes. B. G. 3, 8:

    se sollicitatum esse ut regnare vellet,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 2, 6:

    missis ad accolas Histri, ut in Italiam irrumperent sollicitandos, Liv 39, 35: Darei litterae quibus Graeci milites sollicitabantur ut regem interficerent,

    Curt. 4, 10, 16.—
    4.
    With gen., gerund., and causa:

    comperi legatos Allobrogum tumultus Gallici excitandi causa a P. Lentulo esse sollicitatos,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 2, 4.—
    5.
    With in and acc. (post-class.;

    the prevailing constr. in Just.): amicum in adulterium uxoris sollicitatum,

    Just. 1, 7, 18:

    Alexander in Italiam sollicitatus,

    urgently invited, id. 12, 2, 1:

    Iones sollicitare in partes suas statuit,

    id. 2, 12, 1:

    qui Peloponnenses in societatem armorum sollicitaret,

    id. 13, 5; so id. 13, 5, 10; 32, 4, 1; 29, 4, 5. —
    6.
    With acc. of abstract objects ( poet.):

    nuptae sollicitare fidem (= nuptam sollicitare ad fidem violandam),

    to make attempts against, Ov. H. 16 (17), 4; cf. id. Am. 3, 1, 50; id. M. 6, 463; 7, 721; id. P. 3, 3, 50.—
    B.
    In gen., without implying an evil purpose, to induce, incite, stimulate, solicit, urge, invite, exhort, move ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

    antequam est ad hoc opus (historiam scribendi) sollicitatus,

    induced to undertake this work, Quint. 10, 1, 74:

    quae Hecubae maritum posset ad Hectoreos sollicitare rogos,

    Mart. 6, 7, 4:

    cum, sollicitatus ex urbe Roma (a Mithridate), praecepta pro se mitteret,

    Plin. 25, 2, 3, § 6:

    sollicitandi (parentes) ad hunc laborem erant,

    it was necessary to give inducements to the parents to undertake this labor, Sen. Ben. 3, 11, 1:

    cum juventutem ad imitationem sui sollicitaret,

    id. Cons. Helv. 10, 10:

    alios Orientis regis ut idem postularent sollicitare temptavit,

    Suet. Dom. 2:

    juvenum... corpora nunc pretio, nunc ille hortantibus ardens sollicitat dictis,

    Stat. Th. 2, 485:

    sollicitat tunc ampla viros ad praemia cursu celeres,

    id. ib. 6, 550:

    ut per praecones susceptores sollicitarent,

    Just. 8, 3, 8:

    Alexander in Italiam a Tarentinis sollicitatus,

    id. 12, 2, 1:

    avaritia sollicitatus (= permotus),

    id. 32, 2, 1:

    sollicitatoque juvene ad colloquium,

    allured him to the conference, id. 38, 1, 9:

    hoc maxime sollicitatus ad amicitiam,

    Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 85:

    serpentes sollicitant ad se avis,

    id. 8, 23, 35, § 85:

    hyaena ad sollicitandos canes,

    id. 8, 30, 44, § 106:

    velut vacua possessione sollicitatus,

    Just. 31, 3, 2:

    remansit in caelibatu, neque sollicitari ulla condicione amplius potuit (i. e. ad uxorem ducendam),

    Suet. Galb. 5:

    quod me, tamquam tirunculum, sollicitavit ad emendum (signum),

    Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 4:

    ut ex copia studiosorum circumspicias praeceptores quos sollicitare possimus (sc. ut huc veniant),

    id. 4, 13, 11.—With inf. ( poet.):

    finemque expromere rerum sollicitat superos,

    urgently implores to disclose the issue, Luc. 5, 69:

    cum rapiant mala facta bonos... sollicitor nullos esse putare deos,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 36; cf.:

    sollicitat spatium decurrere amoris,

    Lucr. 4, 1196.—With ne:

    maritum sollicitat precibus, ne spem sibi ponat in arte,

    Ov. M. 9, 683.

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  • 2 sollicitō (sōli-)

        sollicitō (sōli-) āvī, ātus, āre    [sollicitus], to disturb, stir, agitate, move, shake: tellurem, i. e. to plough, V.: remis freta, V.: stamina docto Pollice, strikes the strings, O.: Maenalias feras, hunt, O.: mala copia Aegrum sollicitat stomachum, distresses, H.: manes, disturb (of Boreas), O.—Fig., to disturb, disquiet, worry, trouble, harass: ne se sollicitare velis, O.: rebellando nos, L.: quietae civitatis statum, L.: ea cura quietos (deos) Sollicitat, V.: Parce, precor, manes sollicitare meos, O.— To fill with apprehension, make anxious, make uneasy, disturb, distress: Ego id timeo? Ph. Quid te ergo aliud sollicitat? T.: multa sunt quae me sollicitant anguntque: ne cuius metu sollicitaret animos sociorum, L.: Desiderantem, quod satis est, neque Tumultuosum sollicitat mare, Nec, etc., H.: de posteris nostris sollicitor: Quibus nunc sollicitor rebus! ne aut ille alserit, etc., in fear, lest, etc., T.: me illa cura sollicitat, quod, etc.— To grieve, afflict, make wretched, distress: Quor meam senectutem huius sollicito amentiā? make my old age miserable, T.: nihil me magis sollicitabat quam non me ridere tecum.— To stir, rouse, excite, incite, stimulate, solicit, urge, invite, exhort, move: Unicus est de quo sollicitamur honor, O.: Cupidinem Lentum sollicitas, H.: Cum rapiant mala fata bonos... Sollicitor nullos esse putare deos, O.: maritum precibus, ne, etc., O.—Esp., to incite, urge to evil, inveigle, seduce, stimulate, instigate, provoke, tempt, abet: rursus agrarios: quos ex aere alieno laborare arbitrabatur, sollicitabat, Cs.: ingentibus ipsam Sollicitare datis, O.: Sollicitati dulcedine agrariae legis animi, L.: ad sollicitandas civitates, to incite to revolt, Cs.: servitia urbana, S.: omnes sollicitatos legationibus Persei, sed egregie in fide permanere, L.: qui Persas sollicitarent mittuntur, Cu.: hos (Hilotas) spe libertatis, N.: nuptae sollicitare fidem, to attempt, O.: in servis ad hospitem necandum sollicitandis: se sollicitatum esse ut regnare vellet: legati tumultūs Gallici excitandi causā a P. Lentulo sollicitati.

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  • 3 temptō (tentō）

       temptō (tentō） āvī, ātus, āre, intens.    [tendo], to handle, touch, feel: manibus pectora, O.: flumen vix pede: in tenebris caput, Ph.: invisos amictūs, V.: venam, to feel the pulse, O.— To make trial of, try, attempt, attack, assail: scalis et classe moenia, Cs.: quia Gallis ad temptanda ea (castra) defuit spes, L.: animi valentes morbo temptari possunt: auctumnus exercitum valetudine temptaverat, Cs.: morbo temptari acuto, H.: pedes, V.— To try, experiment upon, prove, test, attempt, essay: tempto te, quo animo accipias: regis prudentiam: pollice chordas, O.: iter per provinciam per vim, Cs.: negatā iter viā, H.: Thetim ratibus, V.: temptanda via est, V.: nullo modo animus incitari potest, qui modus a me non temptatus sit: rem frustra, Cs.: pacis spem, L.: crimina, H.: quid in eo genere possem: quae sit fortuna facillima, temptat, V.: si qua res esset cibo, something to eat, Ph.: temptarunt aequore tingui, O.: taurus irasci in cornua temptat, V.: litteras deferre, Cu.: ut ipse gereret sine rege rem p.: temptatum ab L. Sextio, ut rogationem ferret, etc., L.— To try, urge, incite, tempt, sound, tamper with: cum per Drusum saepe temptassem: utrum admonitus an temptatus an... pervenerit... nescio: cum ab proximis impetrare non possent, ulteriores temptant, Cs.: nequiquam temptati, ut desisterent, L.: animum precando, V.: fidem eius, an exercitum traditurus foret, Ta.— To disquiet, worry, excite, disturb, agitate, distress: nationes: in his rebus evertendis unius hominis senectus temptata est.

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  • 4 conrumpo

    conrumpere, conrupi, conruptus V TRANS
    spoil/rot; taint/contaminate; damage/ruin, undo; destroy/deface; digest; infect; pervert, corrupt, deprave; bribe, suborn; seduce, tempt, beguile; falsify

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  • 5 corrumpo

    corrumpere, corrupi, corruptus V TRANS
    spoil/rot; taint/contaminate; damage/ruin, undo; destroy/deface; digest; infect; pervert, corrupt, deprave; bribe, suborn; seduce, tempt, beguile; falsify

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  • 6 prorito

    proritare, -, - V
    prove, cause; incite; tempt

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  • 7 scandalizo

    scandalizare, scandalizavi, scandalizatus V TRANS
    tempt to evil; cause to stumble; offend, scandalize (Bee)

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  • 8 intentator

    in-tentātŏr, ōris, m., he who does not tempt:

    deus malorum,

    Vulg. Jacob. 1, 13; Aug. de Pecc. Mer. 2, 4.

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  • 9 prorito

    prō-rīto, āre, v. a. [like ir-rito, āre; cf. also ira].
    I.
    To provoke, cause, or produce by irritation (post - Aug.), Plin. 26, 8, 58, § 90.—
    II.
    Transf., to incite, entice, allure, tempt (post-Aug.):

    nisi pretium proritat,

    Col. 2, 10, 17:

    quem spes proritat,

    Sen. Ep. 23, 2:

    proritat illos rei species,

    id. Tranq. 12, 5:

    stomachum varietate aptā ciborum,

    Scrib. Comp. 104:

    aliquem ad furias,

    Arn. 5, 178.

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  • 10 scandalizo

    scandălizo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., = skandalizô, to cause to stumble, tempt to evil (eccl. Lat.), Tert. Virg. Vel. 3; id. Cor. Mil. 14; id. adv. Marc. 15, 18 fin.; Vulg. Mal. 2, 8; id. Matt. 5, 30.

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  • 11 tentabundus

    tentābundus ( tempt-), a, um, adj. [tento], trying, making attempts:

    miles tentabundus,

    trying here and there, Liv. 21, 36, 1.

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  • 12 tento

    tento or tempto, āvi, ātum, 1 ( part. gen. plur. tentantum, Verg. G. 2, 247), v. freq. a. [tendo], to handle, touch, feel a thing (class.; cf.: tango, tracto).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    rem manu,

    Auct. Her. 4, 49, 62:

    manibus pectora,

    Ov. M. 10, 282; 10, 289:

    loca feminarum digitis,

    Col. 8, 11, 8:

    ficum rostro,

    Ov. F. 2, 254:

    flumen vix pede (with attingere),

    Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

    quadratum,

    Lucr. 4, 234:

    caput in tenebris,

    Phaedr. 3, 10, 26:

    pullos singulos,

    Col. 8, 5, 17:

    invisos amictus,

    Verg. G. 3, 563:

    aciem pugionum,

    Suet. Ner. 49; cf.:

    acumen stili,

    id. Rhet. 5:

    bracchia emittit temptanti maria similis Sarpedon,

    Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 98:

    pullos,

    Col. 8, 5, 17; 8, 11, 8.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In medic. lang.:

    venas,

    to feel the pulse, Quint. 11, 3, 88; Suet. Tib. 72; Ov. H. 20, 139.—
    2.
    To try the strength of, make an attempt upon, i. e. to attack, assail (cf.: aggredior, adorior).
    (α).
    Of warfare:

    scalis et classe moenia oppidi tentans,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 40:

    opera nostra,

    id. B. G. 7, 73:

    urbem,

    Liv. 33, 5, 3; 26, 38, 5:

    munitiones,

    id. 9, 35, 1:

    moenia Aiexandriae,

    id. 45, 11:

    Achaiam,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 55 Britanniam, Suet. Claud. 17:

    aggredi et tentare,

    Vell. 2, 113, 3:

    aliquem auxiliis Thraciae,

    Flor. 2, 14, 4.—
    (β).
    Of disease, poison, etc.:

    animi valentes morbo tentari non possunt, corpora possunt,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 14, 31; cf.:

    gravis auctumnus omnem exercitum valetudine tentaverat,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 2:

    temptari a morbo,

    Plin. 24, 19, 113, § 174:

    praecordiorum inflatione tentari,

    Suet. Aug. 81:

    tentatus est motiunculis levibus,

    id. Vesp. 24; Hor. S. 2, 3, 163; id. Ep. 1, 6, 28; Verg. G. 3, 441 al.:

    vina temptant caput,

    attack, affect, Plin. 23, 1, 20, § 35.— Absol.:

    temptantis aquas non nocere,

    unwholesome, Plin. 20, 7, 26, § 68; cf. Verg. G. 2, 94.—
    II.
    Transf., to try; to prove, put to the test; to attempt, essay a course of action, etc. (so most freq.; syn.: experior, periclitor).
    A.
    In gen., constr. with acc., with inf., with rel.-clause, with ut, or absol.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    cum se ipse perspexerit totumque tentarit, intelleget, etc.,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 59; cf.:

    se in arte memoriae,

    Quint. 11, 2, 34 (preceded by memoriam suam experiri):

    tentarem te, quo animo accipias,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 3:

    quo utamur quasi equis temptatis, sic amicitiā aliquā parte periclitatis moribus amicorum,

    id. Lael. 17, 63;

    alicujus scientiam auguratus,

    id. Div. 1, 17, 32:

    tentarem summi regis prudentiam,

    id. Tusc. 1, 41, 98:

    ut satis impulsas tentavit pollice chordas,

    Ov. M. 10, 145:

    culturam agelli, Lucr 5, 1368: iter per provinciam per vim, Caes B. G. 1, 14: negatā iter viā,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 22 Bosporum, id. ib. 3, 4, 31:

    Thetim ratibus,

    Verg. E. 4, 32:

    Oceanum,

    Tac. G. 34 fin.:

    Istrum, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 135: aditus,

    Verg. A. 4, 293:

    temptanda via est,

    id. G. 3, 8:

    ad tentandum vadum fluminis,

    Curt. 4, 9, 15:

    nullo modo animus audientis aut incitari aut leniri potest, qui modus a me non tentatus sit,

    Cic. Or. 38, 132:

    rem frustra,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 26:

    belli fortunam,

    id. B. G. 1, 36; so,

    fortunam,

    id. ib. 3, 6; 7, 64; Sall. J. 7, 1:

    periculum,

    Cic. Cornel. Fragm. 1:

    quaestionem,

    id. Clu. 57, 157:

    patientiam vestram,

    id. Agr. 2, 7, 19:

    spem pacis,

    Liv. 21, 12, 3; cf.:

    spem triumphi,

    id. 28, 38, 4: libertatem, [p. 1856] id. 6, 18, 11:

    relationem,

    id. 33, 23, 3:

    intercessionem,

    id. 9, 8, 13:

    silentium nequicquam per praeconem,

    id. 8, 33, 2:

    crimina,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 80:

    majora,

    id. ib. 1, 17, 24:

    caelestia,

    id. ib. 1, 17, 34 et saep.—
    (β).
    With rel.-clause:

    tentavi, quid in eo genere possem,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 7:

    tentabam, spiraret an non,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 26:

    quae sit fortuna facillima, temptat,

    Verg. A. 11, 761:

    cum tentaret si qua res esset cibi,

    something to eat, Phaedr. 4, 7, 4:

    tenta, Chrysogonus quanti doceat,

    Juv. 7, 175.—
    (γ).
    With inf.:

    aquā prohibere hostem tentare coepit,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 40:

    tentabo etiam de hoc dicere,

    Quint. 6, 2, 29; 2, 14, 1:

    (sol) caelum radiis accendere tentans,

    Lucr. 5, 659:

    tentarunt aequore tingi,

    Ov. M. 2, 172:

    (vestis) frustra tentata revelli,

    id. ib. 9, 168:

    taurus irasci in cornua temptat,

    Verg. A. 12, 104:

    nemo in sese tentat descendere,

    Pers. 4, 23:

    litteras deferre,

    Curt. 3, 7, 13; Juv. 7, 5.—
    (δ).
    With ut:

    cum ille Romuli senatus tentaret post Romuli excessum, ut ipse gereret sine rege rem publicam,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 12, 23:

    quid aliud hoc judicio tentatur, nisi ut id fieri liceat?

    id. Rosc. Am. 5, 13; Suet. Caes. 11.— Impers. pass.:

    tentatum a L. Sextio tribuno plebis, ut rogationem ferret, etc.,

    Liv. 4, 49, 6.—
    (ε).
    Absol.:

    tenta quā lubet,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 20:

    ne tentando cautiorem faceret,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 23.—
    B.
    In partic., to try any one, in a friendly or hostile manner; to urge, incite; to tempt, sound, tamper with; also, to excite, disquiet, disturb, agitate:

    quem ego toties omni ratione tentans ad disputandum elicere non potuissem,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13:

    cum per Drusum saepe tentassem,

    id. ib. 1, 21, 97:

    utrum admonitus an tentatus an, etc.... pervenerit ad hanc improbitatem nescio,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105:

    cum a proximis impetrare non possent, ulteriores tentant,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 2:

    animos servorum spe et metu, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Clu. 63, 176:

    animos popularium,

    Sall. J. 48, 1:

    animos singulorum ad res novas,

    Suet. Tib. 12 fin.:

    animum precando,

    Verg. A. 4, 113:

    judicium pecunia,

    Cic. Clu. 4, 9; 30, 80:

    aliquem promissis et minis,

    Tac. H. 1, 75; cf.:

    tentatā Othonianorum fide per colloquium et promissa,

    id. ib. 2, 20:

    tribunos de fugae societate,

    Suet. Ner. 47:

    deos multā caede bidentium,

    Hor. C. 3, 23, 14:

    Junonem tentare Ixion ausus,

    Tib. 1, 3, 73; cf. Ov. A. A. 1, 389; Val. Max. 6, 1, 7:

    nationes lacessere bello et tentare,

    to agitate, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 23; cf.:

    ut exsul potius tentare quam consul vexare rem publicam posses,

    id. Cat. 1, 10, 27:

    in his rebus evertendis unius hominis senectus, infirmitas solitudoque tentata est,

    id. Rab. Perd. 1, 2:

    militis iras,

    Luc. 2, 529; Vulg. Gen. 22, 1 et saep.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > tento

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