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to attempt

  • 1 attempt-

    v. l. — см. attent-,

    Латинско-русский словарь > attempt-

  • 2 adtempto

    at-tento ( adtempto, K. and H.; at-tempto, Kayser, Rib., Halm, Queck), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., lit., to strive after something, to attempt, essay, try, make trial of; to solicit; to assail, attack (class. in prose and poetry):

    digitis mollibus arcum attemptat,

    attempts to draw, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 217:

    aliquem lacrimis,

    to attempt to move, Val. Fl. 4, 11:

    praeteriri omnino fuerit satius quam attemptatum deseri,

    begun, Cic. de Or. 3, 28, 110:

    attemptata defectio,

    the attempted revolt, Liv. 23, 15, 7 (Weissenb., temptata):

    omnium inimicos diligenter cognoscere, colloqui, attemptare,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54:

    Capuam propter plurimas belli opportunitates ab illā impiā et sceleratā manu attemptari suspicabamur,

    i. e. moved by persuasion to revolt, id. Sest. 4:

    ne compositae orationis insidiis sua fides attemptetur,

    id. Or. 61, 208:

    mecum facientia jura Si tamen adtemptas,

    i. e. attempt to shake, attack, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 23:

    nec hoc testamentum ejus quisquam attemptavit,

    sought to annul, Val. Max. 7, 8, 3; so,

    sententiam judicis,

    Dig. 12, 6, 23: pudicitiam, to seek to defile or pollute, ib. 47, 10, 10:

    annonam,

    to make dearer, ib. 47, 11, 6.—Of a hostile attack:

    vi attemptantem repellere,

    Tac. A. 13, 25:

    jam curabo sentiat, Quos attentārit,

    Phaedr. 5, 2, 7:

    haud illum bello attemptare juvencis Sunt animi,

    Stat. Th. 4, 71.— Trop.: Quae aegritudo insolens mentem attemptat tuam? Pac. ap. Non. p. 322, 18 (Trag. Rel. p. 84 Rib.).

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  • 3 attempto

    at-tento ( adtempto, K. and H.; at-tempto, Kayser, Rib., Halm, Queck), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., lit., to strive after something, to attempt, essay, try, make trial of; to solicit; to assail, attack (class. in prose and poetry):

    digitis mollibus arcum attemptat,

    attempts to draw, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 217:

    aliquem lacrimis,

    to attempt to move, Val. Fl. 4, 11:

    praeteriri omnino fuerit satius quam attemptatum deseri,

    begun, Cic. de Or. 3, 28, 110:

    attemptata defectio,

    the attempted revolt, Liv. 23, 15, 7 (Weissenb., temptata):

    omnium inimicos diligenter cognoscere, colloqui, attemptare,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54:

    Capuam propter plurimas belli opportunitates ab illā impiā et sceleratā manu attemptari suspicabamur,

    i. e. moved by persuasion to revolt, id. Sest. 4:

    ne compositae orationis insidiis sua fides attemptetur,

    id. Or. 61, 208:

    mecum facientia jura Si tamen adtemptas,

    i. e. attempt to shake, attack, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 23:

    nec hoc testamentum ejus quisquam attemptavit,

    sought to annul, Val. Max. 7, 8, 3; so,

    sententiam judicis,

    Dig. 12, 6, 23: pudicitiam, to seek to defile or pollute, ib. 47, 10, 10:

    annonam,

    to make dearer, ib. 47, 11, 6.—Of a hostile attack:

    vi attemptantem repellere,

    Tac. A. 13, 25:

    jam curabo sentiat, Quos attentārit,

    Phaedr. 5, 2, 7:

    haud illum bello attemptare juvencis Sunt animi,

    Stat. Th. 4, 71.— Trop.: Quae aegritudo insolens mentem attemptat tuam? Pac. ap. Non. p. 322, 18 (Trag. Rel. p. 84 Rib.).

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  • 4 attento

    at-tento ( adtempto, K. and H.; at-tempto, Kayser, Rib., Halm, Queck), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., lit., to strive after something, to attempt, essay, try, make trial of; to solicit; to assail, attack (class. in prose and poetry):

    digitis mollibus arcum attemptat,

    attempts to draw, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 217:

    aliquem lacrimis,

    to attempt to move, Val. Fl. 4, 11:

    praeteriri omnino fuerit satius quam attemptatum deseri,

    begun, Cic. de Or. 3, 28, 110:

    attemptata defectio,

    the attempted revolt, Liv. 23, 15, 7 (Weissenb., temptata):

    omnium inimicos diligenter cognoscere, colloqui, attemptare,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54:

    Capuam propter plurimas belli opportunitates ab illā impiā et sceleratā manu attemptari suspicabamur,

    i. e. moved by persuasion to revolt, id. Sest. 4:

    ne compositae orationis insidiis sua fides attemptetur,

    id. Or. 61, 208:

    mecum facientia jura Si tamen adtemptas,

    i. e. attempt to shake, attack, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 23:

    nec hoc testamentum ejus quisquam attemptavit,

    sought to annul, Val. Max. 7, 8, 3; so,

    sententiam judicis,

    Dig. 12, 6, 23: pudicitiam, to seek to defile or pollute, ib. 47, 10, 10:

    annonam,

    to make dearer, ib. 47, 11, 6.—Of a hostile attack:

    vi attemptantem repellere,

    Tac. A. 13, 25:

    jam curabo sentiat, Quos attentārit,

    Phaedr. 5, 2, 7:

    haud illum bello attemptare juvencis Sunt animi,

    Stat. Th. 4, 71.— Trop.: Quae aegritudo insolens mentem attemptat tuam? Pac. ap. Non. p. 322, 18 (Trag. Rel. p. 84 Rib.).

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  • 5 conor

    cōnor, ātus, 1, v. dep., to undertake, endeavor, attempt, try, venture, presume, etc. (freq. and class.;

    syn. molior,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 11;

    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. 1, 2, 26:

    istuc,

    id. ib. 1, 5, 35:

    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. 2, 2, 11:

    conari manibus pedibus noctisque et dies,

    id. And. 4, 1, 52:

    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. 1, 2, 2:

    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; 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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  • 6 periclum

    pĕrīcŭlum (contr. pĕrīclum, very freq. in the poets, e. g. Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 29; Ter. And. 2, 2, 13; 5, 1, 2; 5, 2, 26 al.; Lucr. 1, 580; 2, 5 et saep.; Verg. A. 2, 709; 751; 3, 711 et saep.; Juv. 6, 94), i, n. [root, Sanscr. par, pi-par-mi, to conduct, guide; Gr. peraô, to pierce; poros. a way through, passage; Lat. porta, portus, ex - perior, per-itus; cf. Germ. fahren, Gefahr], a trial, experiment, attempt, proof, essay (class.; cf. disorimen).
    I.
    Lit.:

    fac periculum in litteris,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 23:

    miser est homo qui amat... Scio qui periclum feci,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 27:

    priusquam periclum faceret,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 21:

    ex aliis,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 36:

    alicujus fidei periculum facere,

    to make trial of, to try, Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 34:

    quā in re tute tui periculum fecisti,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27: legionum, Auct. B. Afr. 79.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Concr., an attempt in writing, an essay:

    faciunt imperite, qui in isto periculo non ut a poëtā, sed ut a teste, veritatem exigent (speaking of a poem in honor of Marius),

    Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 4; Aus. Idyll. 10, 215.—
    B.
    Risk, hazard, danger, peril (which acompanies an attempt;

    the common signif. of the word): meo periclo rem gero,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 100:

    tuo ego istaec dicam illi periculo,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 17:

    periculum facere,

    to run a risk, id. ib. 1, 1, 63:

    si ei subito sit allatum periculum discrimenque patriae,

    Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154:

    salus sociorum summum in periculum ac discrimen vocatur,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 12:

    discriminum et periculorum comites,

    id. N. D. 2, 66, 166:

    obire pericula ac labores,

    Liv. 1, 54:

    periculum adire capitis,

    to run the risk of one's life, Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110:

    in periculo animarum suarum,

    Vulg. 1 Par. 11, 19:

    subire pro amico,

    Cic. Part. 19, 66:

    suscipere,

    to take upon one's self, id. Mur. 36, 76:

    ingredi,

    id. ib. 2, 4:

    conflare alicui,

    to cause, occasion, id. Sull. 4, 13:

    intendere in aliquem,

    id. Rosc. Am. 3, 7:

    intendere alicui,

    id. Att. 2, 19, 1:

    mortis alicui inicere,

    id. Caecin. 29, 83:

    facessere innocenti,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:

    facere alicui,

    Sall. C. 33, 1; cf.:

    ego nihil facio tibi periculi,

    Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 7:

    creare alicui,

    Cic. Att. 22, 2:

    comparare alicui,

    id. Fl. 38, 96:

    moliri optimis civibus,

    id. Sest. 1, 1:

    amici depellere,

    id. Clu. 6, 8:

    subterfugere,

    id. Fam. 15, 1, 4:

    adducta est res in maximum periculum et extremum paene discrimen,

    id. Phil. 7, 1, 1:

    se in periculum capitis atque in vitae discrimen inferre,

    id. Balb. 10, 25:

    arcessere aliquem in summum capitis periculum,

    id. Rab. Perd. 9, 26:

    includere in periculum,

    id. Clu. 55, 155:

    in periculum se committere,

    to get into danger, id. Inv. 2, 8, 37:

    eripere ex periculo,

    id. Clu. 26, 70:

    extrahere ex periculo,

    to release from danger, id. Sest. 4, 11:

    rem publicam a periculo prohibere,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

    liberare periculis,

    id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

    res in periculo vertitur,

    the affair becomes perilous, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 12:

    esse in periculo,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 15, 2:

    in periculo versari,

    id. Rab. Post. 9, 23:

    a securi negat ei periculum esse,

    that danger threatens him, id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 116:

    periculum est, ne,

    there is danger that, id. Tusc. 5, 40, 118; so id. Verr. 1, 11, 32: periculo meo, tuo, suo, at my, your, his risk:

    meo periculo,

    id. Sest. 52, 111:

    crede audacter meo periculo,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 51:

    meo periculo rem gero,

    id. Bacch. 4, 4, 100; id. As. 2, 4, 51:

    des ei nummos fide et periculo meo,

    Dig. 46, 1, 24:

    navem sumptu periculoque suo armatam mittere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 50; id. Fl. 17, 41:

    rem periculi sui facere,

    to do a thing at one's own risk, Dig. 23, 5, 16: bono periculo, safely, without danger (post-class.), App. Mag. p. 320, 16.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    A trial, action, suit at law (class.):

    meus labor in privatorum periculis caste integreque versatus,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 2:

    aliquem in periculis defendere,

    Nep. Phoc. 2, 3.—
    b.
    A writ of judgment, a sentence:

    unum ab iis petivit, ut in periculo suo inscriberent, etc.,

    Nep. Ep. 8:

    pericula magistratuum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 79, § 183.—
    c.
    A sickness, attack of sickness (post-Aug.):

    in acutis vero periculis nullis dandum est vinum,

    Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 48.—
    d.
    Ruin, destruction (postclass.):

    tremefactae nutant usque ad periculum civitates,

    Arn. 1, 4.

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  • 7 periculum

    pĕrīcŭlum (contr. pĕrīclum, very freq. in the poets, e. g. Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 29; Ter. And. 2, 2, 13; 5, 1, 2; 5, 2, 26 al.; Lucr. 1, 580; 2, 5 et saep.; Verg. A. 2, 709; 751; 3, 711 et saep.; Juv. 6, 94), i, n. [root, Sanscr. par, pi-par-mi, to conduct, guide; Gr. peraô, to pierce; poros. a way through, passage; Lat. porta, portus, ex - perior, per-itus; cf. Germ. fahren, Gefahr], a trial, experiment, attempt, proof, essay (class.; cf. disorimen).
    I.
    Lit.:

    fac periculum in litteris,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 23:

    miser est homo qui amat... Scio qui periclum feci,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 27:

    priusquam periclum faceret,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 21:

    ex aliis,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 36:

    alicujus fidei periculum facere,

    to make trial of, to try, Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 34:

    quā in re tute tui periculum fecisti,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27: legionum, Auct. B. Afr. 79.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Concr., an attempt in writing, an essay:

    faciunt imperite, qui in isto periculo non ut a poëtā, sed ut a teste, veritatem exigent (speaking of a poem in honor of Marius),

    Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 4; Aus. Idyll. 10, 215.—
    B.
    Risk, hazard, danger, peril (which acompanies an attempt;

    the common signif. of the word): meo periclo rem gero,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 100:

    tuo ego istaec dicam illi periculo,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 17:

    periculum facere,

    to run a risk, id. ib. 1, 1, 63:

    si ei subito sit allatum periculum discrimenque patriae,

    Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154:

    salus sociorum summum in periculum ac discrimen vocatur,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 12:

    discriminum et periculorum comites,

    id. N. D. 2, 66, 166:

    obire pericula ac labores,

    Liv. 1, 54:

    periculum adire capitis,

    to run the risk of one's life, Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110:

    in periculo animarum suarum,

    Vulg. 1 Par. 11, 19:

    subire pro amico,

    Cic. Part. 19, 66:

    suscipere,

    to take upon one's self, id. Mur. 36, 76:

    ingredi,

    id. ib. 2, 4:

    conflare alicui,

    to cause, occasion, id. Sull. 4, 13:

    intendere in aliquem,

    id. Rosc. Am. 3, 7:

    intendere alicui,

    id. Att. 2, 19, 1:

    mortis alicui inicere,

    id. Caecin. 29, 83:

    facessere innocenti,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:

    facere alicui,

    Sall. C. 33, 1; cf.:

    ego nihil facio tibi periculi,

    Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 7:

    creare alicui,

    Cic. Att. 22, 2:

    comparare alicui,

    id. Fl. 38, 96:

    moliri optimis civibus,

    id. Sest. 1, 1:

    amici depellere,

    id. Clu. 6, 8:

    subterfugere,

    id. Fam. 15, 1, 4:

    adducta est res in maximum periculum et extremum paene discrimen,

    id. Phil. 7, 1, 1:

    se in periculum capitis atque in vitae discrimen inferre,

    id. Balb. 10, 25:

    arcessere aliquem in summum capitis periculum,

    id. Rab. Perd. 9, 26:

    includere in periculum,

    id. Clu. 55, 155:

    in periculum se committere,

    to get into danger, id. Inv. 2, 8, 37:

    eripere ex periculo,

    id. Clu. 26, 70:

    extrahere ex periculo,

    to release from danger, id. Sest. 4, 11:

    rem publicam a periculo prohibere,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

    liberare periculis,

    id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

    res in periculo vertitur,

    the affair becomes perilous, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 12:

    esse in periculo,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 15, 2:

    in periculo versari,

    id. Rab. Post. 9, 23:

    a securi negat ei periculum esse,

    that danger threatens him, id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 116:

    periculum est, ne,

    there is danger that, id. Tusc. 5, 40, 118; so id. Verr. 1, 11, 32: periculo meo, tuo, suo, at my, your, his risk:

    meo periculo,

    id. Sest. 52, 111:

    crede audacter meo periculo,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 51:

    meo periculo rem gero,

    id. Bacch. 4, 4, 100; id. As. 2, 4, 51:

    des ei nummos fide et periculo meo,

    Dig. 46, 1, 24:

    navem sumptu periculoque suo armatam mittere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 50; id. Fl. 17, 41:

    rem periculi sui facere,

    to do a thing at one's own risk, Dig. 23, 5, 16: bono periculo, safely, without danger (post-class.), App. Mag. p. 320, 16.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    A trial, action, suit at law (class.):

    meus labor in privatorum periculis caste integreque versatus,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 2:

    aliquem in periculis defendere,

    Nep. Phoc. 2, 3.—
    b.
    A writ of judgment, a sentence:

    unum ab iis petivit, ut in periculo suo inscriberent, etc.,

    Nep. Ep. 8:

    pericula magistratuum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 79, § 183.—
    c.
    A sickness, attack of sickness (post-Aug.):

    in acutis vero periculis nullis dandum est vinum,

    Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 48.—
    d.
    Ruin, destruction (postclass.):

    tremefactae nutant usque ad periculum civitates,

    Arn. 1, 4.

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  • 8 coeptō

        coeptō —, —, āre, intens,    [coepio], to begin eagerly, begin, undertake, attempt: contingere portūs, C. (poet.): appetere ea. quae, etc.: quid coeptas, Thraso? T.: insidias, Ta.
    * * *
    coeptare, coeptavi, coeptatus V
    begin/commence (w/INF); set to work, undertake/attempt/try; venture/begin (ACC)

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  • 9 cōnātus

        cōnātus ūs, m    [conor], an attempt, effort, undertaking, enterprise, endeavor: audax, L.: hoc conatu destiterunt, Cs.: princeps ad conatum exercitūs conparandi: conatum Antoni reppulerunt: de spe conatuque depulsus: compressi tuos conatūs: multis frustra conatibus captis, L.: in mediis conatibus aegri Succidimus, V. — Effort, exertion, struggle, endeavor: quo maiore conatu aguntur: ad hostes magno conatu profectus, L. — A beginning, undertaking: in ipso conatu rerum circumegit se annus, L.: tantis fatum conatibus obstat, O.—Fig., an impulse, inclination, tendency: conatum habere ad pastūs capessendos.
    * * *
    attempt, effort; exertion, struggle; impulse, tendency; endeavor, design

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  • 10 cōnor

        cōnor ātus, ārī,    to undertake, endeavor, attempt, try, venture, seek, aim, make an effort, begin, make trial of: (mulieres) dum conantur, annus est, T.: audax ad conandum: conari desistis: conari consuescere, N.: ego obviam conabar tibi, was going to find you, T.: quicquam Fallaciae, T.: id quod conantur consequi, their ends: tantam rem, L.: multa stulte, N.: plurima frustra, V.: Ter conatus utramque viam, V.: id ne fieret omnia conanda esse, L.: ius suum exsequi, Cs.: rem labefactare: haec delere: frustra loqui, O.: frustra dehortando impedire, N.: si perrumpere possent, Cs.
    * * *
    conari, conatus sum V DEP
    attempt/try/endeavor, make an effort; exert oneself; try to go/rise/speak

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  • 11 experior

        experior pertus, īrī, dep.    [1 PAR-], to try, prove, test, experience, endure: hanc nunc experiamur, T: eos (amicos): vim eius (veneni) esse in servo: eandem belli fortunam, Cs.: laborem, V.: procos priores, seek to win back, V.: quidve ferat Fors, Virtute experiamur: quantum audeatis, L.: experiundo scies, T.: experiendo cognovi: In experiundo ut essem, i. e. might have a full trial, T.: exorabile numen Fortasse experiar, may find, Iu. —In perf, to have tried, have learned, have experienced, know by experience: expertus es istius perfidiam: quod genus nullo telo traici posse, Cs.: metum fecerant expertis Gallicā clade, L.: expertus (eum) fidelem in Ganymede, H.: experto credite, quantus adsurgat, V.: expertus bellis animus, Ta. — To measure strength with, contend with: ut interire quam Romanos non experiri mallet, N.: Turnum in armis, V.— To try, undertake, attempt, make trial, undergo, experience: Bis terque expertus frustra, H.: Omnia priusquam armis, resort to everything before using, T.: omnia de pace: extremum auxilium, the last resort, Cs.: extrema omnia, S.: (terram) colendo facilem, find, V.: iudicium populi R., submit to, L.: experiar certe, ut hinc avolem: ut sine armis reduceret, etc., N.: vi contra vim experiundum putavit.— To try by law, go to law: Caecinae placuit experiri: alquid summo iure, submit to trial.
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    experiri, expertus sum V DEP
    test, put to the test; find out; attempt, try; prove, experience

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  • 12 inceptō

        inceptō —, —, āre, freq.    [incipio], to begin, attempt: fabulam, T.—To begin, get into a quarrel: cum illo homine, T.
    * * *
    inceptare, inceptavi, inceptatus V
    begin; undertake; attempt

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  • 13 perīculum or (poet.) perīclum

       perīculum or (poet.) perīclum ī, n    [1 PAR-], a trial, experiment, attempt, test, proof, essay: fac periculum in litteris, T.: priusquam periclum faceret, Cs.: meae fidei periculum facere. — An attempt, essay: in isto periculo veritatem exigere (of a poem).— Risk, hazard, danger, peril: Non fit sine periclo facinus magnum, T.: salus sociorum summum in periculum vocatur: obire pericula ac labores, L.: periculum adire capitis, run the risk of life: suscipere, take upon oneself: facessere innocenti: aliis facere, S.: si mihi periculum crearetur ab eo: periculis vobiscum adero, S.: erat magni periculi res dimicare, etc., Cs.: non est periculum, ne id facere non possit: in periculum se committere, get into danger: extrahere ex periculo, release from danger: esse in periculo: a securi negat ei periculum esse, that danger threatens him: meo periculo, at my risk.—A trial, action, suit at law: meus labor in privatorum periculis: hunc in periculis defendere, N.— A judicial record, judgment-roll: petivit, ut in periculo suo inscriberent, etc., N.: pericula magistratuum.

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  • 14 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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  • 15 tentō

        tentō    see tempo.
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    tentare, tentavi, tentatus V
    handle, feel; attempt, try; prove; test; attack; brave; make an attempt

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  • 16 volō

        volō (2d pers. vīs, 3d pers. volt or vult, plur. volumus, voltis or vultis, volunt; vīn for vīsne, T., H.; sīs for sī vīs, T., C., L.), voluī, velle    [1 VOL-], to will, wish, want, purpose, be minded, determine: Nolo volo, volo nolo rursum, I won't I will, I will I won't again, T.: Nolunt ubi velis, ubi nolis cupiunt ultro, T.: quis est cui velle non liceat? who is not free to wish?: sed ego hoc ipsum velle miserius esse duco quam, etc., i. e. that very ambition: inest velle in carendo, wanting includes wishing: ait rem seriam Velle agere mecum, T.: quod eas quoque nationes adire volebat, Cs.: si haec relinquere voltis, S.: cuicunque nocere volebat, Vestimenta dabat, H.: quid arbitramini Rheginos merere velle ut Venus illa auferatur? would take for, etc.: Fabula quae posci volt et spectata reponi, i. e. which is meant to be in demand, etc., H.: sed licere, si velint, in Ubiorum finibus considere, Cs.: daret utrum vellet, subclamatum est, L.; cf. volo Dolabellae valde desideranti, non reperio quid, i. e. to dedicate some book: neminem notā strenui aut ignavi militis notasse volui, I have decided to mark no one, etc., L.: Sunt delicta quibus ignovisse velimus, i. e. which should be pardoned, H.: edicta mitti ne quis... coisse aut convenisse causā sacrorum velit, L.; cf. Interdico, ne extulisse extra aedīs puerum usquam velis, T.: Oscula praecipue nulla dedisse velis (i. e. noli dare), O.: nostri... leges et iura tecta esse volue<*>unt: sociis maxime lex consultum esse volt: Id nunc res indicium haec facit, quo pacto factum volueris, shows why you wished it to be done, T.: Hannibal non Capuam neglectam volebat, L.: liberis consultum volumus propter ipsos: scin' quid nunc facere te volo? T.: vim volumus exstingui: qui salvam rem p. vellent esse, L.: si vis me flere, H.: qui se ex his minus timidos existimari volebant, Cs.: si me vivom vis, pater, Ignosce, if you wish me to live, T.: soli sunt qui te salvum velint: regnari tamen omnes volebant, that there should be a king, L.: mihi volo ignosci, I wish to be pardoned: quid vis, nisi ut maneat Phanium? T.: velim ut tibi amicus sit: Ducas volo hodie uxorem, T.: volo etiam exquiras quid Lentulus agat?: nullam ego rem umquam in vitā meā Volui quin, etc., I never had any wish in my life, etc., T.: (dixit) velle Hispaniam, he wanted Spain (as a province): nummos volo, I want the money: si amplius obsidum vellet, dare pollicentur, Cs.: pacem etiam qui vincere possunt, volunt, L.: quorum isti neutrum volunt, acknowledge neither: voluimus quaedam, we aspired to certain things: si plura velim, if I wished for more, H.—With acc. of person, to call for, demand, want, wish, desire: Quis me volt? T.: Centuriones trium cohortium me velle postridie: Sosia, Adesdum, paucis te volo (sc. verbis), I want a few words with you, T.: quam volui nota fit arte meā, she whom I love, O.: illam velle uxorem, to want her for a wife, T.—With acc. of person and thing, to want... of, require... from: Num quid aliud me vis? T.: si quid ille se velit, etc., Cs.—With dat. of person for whom a wish is expressed: Praesidium velle se senectuti suae, wants a guard for his old age, T.: nihil est mali quod illa non filio voluerit, she wished her son every misfortune.—Esp., with bene or male: tibi bene ex animo volo, I heartily wish you well, T.: qui mihi male volunt, my enemies, T. —With causā and gen. of person, to be interested in, be concerned for, be well disposed to: te ipsius causā vehementer omnia velle, heartily wish him all success; cf. qui nostrā causā volunt, our friends. —With subj., in softened expressions of desire or command: ego quae in rem tuam sint, ea velim facias (i. e. fac), T.: eum salvere iubeas velim, please salute him: velim mihi ignoscas, I beg your pardon: haec pro causā meā dicta accipiatis velim, L.: Musa velim memores, etc., H.: de Menedemo vellem verum fuisset, I wish it had been true: vellem equidem idem posse gloriari quod Cyrus, I wish I could, etc.; cf. Tum equidem istuc os tuum inpudens videre nimium vellem! I wish I could have seen, etc., T.: Abiit, vah! rogasse vellem, I wish I had asked him, T.: Et vellem, et fuerat melius, V.: vellem tum tu adesses, I wish you could be present: vellem Idibus Martiis me ad cenam invitasses, I wish you had invited, etc.: de tuis velim ut eo sis animo, quo debes esse: quod faxitis, deos velim fortunare, L.: virum me natum vellem, would I had been born a man, T.: Nunc mihi... Vellem, Maeonide, pectus inesse tuum, O.: Te super aetherias errare licentius auras Haud pater ille velit, etc., i. e. volt, V.: velim scire ecquid de te recordere: sed multitudo ea quid animorum... habeat scire velim, L.: nec velim (imitari, etc.) si possim: trīs eos libros maxime nunc vellem, I would like to have.—In concessive phrases with quam, however, however much: quod illa, quam velit sit potens, numquam impetravisset (i. e. quamvis sit potens), however powerful she may be: exspectate facinus quam voltis improbum, never so wicked: quam volent in conviviis faceti sint.—Parenthet., in the phrase, sī vīs (contracted sīs; colloq.), if you please, if you will: paulum opperirier, Si vis, T.: dic, si vis, de quo disputari velis: addam, si vis, animi, etc., if you will.—To intend, purpose, mean, design, be minded, be about: Puerumque clam voluit exstinguere, T.: hostis hostem occidere volui, L.: at etiam eo negotio M. Catonis splendorem maculare voluerunt, it was their purpose: rem Nolanam in ius dicionemque dare voluerat Poeno, L.: idem istuc, si in vilitate largiri voluisses, derisum tuum beneficium esset, if you had offered to grant the same thing during low prices, etc.: sine me pervenire quo volo, let me come to my point, T.: scripsi, quem ad modum quidem volui, etc., as I intended: ego istos posse vincere scio, velle ne scirem ipsi fecerunt, L.: quae ipsi qui scripserunt voluerunt volgo intellegi, meant to be understood by all.—To try, endeavor, attempt, aim: quas (i. e. magnas res) qui impedire volt, is et infirmus est mollisque naturā, et, etc.: audes Fatidicum fallere velle deum? do you dare attempt? O.: His respondere voluit, non lacessere, meant to answer, not to provoke, T.: quid aliud volui dicere? did I mean to say, T.: ait se velle de illis HS LXXX cognoscere, that he meant, i. e. was about: sed plane quid velit nescio.—To resolve, conclude, determine, require: uti tamen tuo consilio volui, concluded to follow your advice: Siculi... me defensorem calamitatum suarum... esse voluerunt: si a me causam hanc vos (iudices) agi volueritis, if you resolve.—Ellipt.: veremur quidem vos, Romani, et, si ita voltis, etiam timemus, L.: cadentque vocabula, si volet usus (i. e. ea cadere), H.—To be willing, be ready, consent, like, acquiesce: ei laxiorem diem daturos, si venire ad causam dicendam vellet, L.: qui se ait philosophari velle, that he liked philosophizing: Patri dic velle, that you consent (sc. uxorem ducere), T.: cum alter verum audire non volt, refuses: obtinuere ut (tribuni) tribuniciae potestatis virīs salubrīs vellent rei p. esse, to permit the tribunitian power to be useful to the republic, L.: cum P. Attio agebant ne suā pertinaciā omnium fortunas perturbari vellet, Cs.: duodecim tabulae furem interfici inpune voluerunt.—To do voluntarily, act intentionally: si voluit accusare, pietati tribuo; si iussus est, necessitati, if he accused of his own free will: (quaeritur) sitne oratoris risum velle movere, on purpose; cf. tu selige tantum, Me quoque velle velis, anne coactus amem, O.—To be of opinion, imagine, consider, think, mean, pretend, claim, hold, assert, assume: ergo ego, inimicus, si ita voltis, homini, amicus esse rei p. debeo: erat Mars alter, ut isti volunt, L.: isto ipso in genere in quo aliquid posse vis, in which you imagine you have some influence: in hoc homo luteus etiam callidus ac veterator esse volt, pretends to be: est genus hominum qui esse primos se omnium rerum volunt, Nec sunt, T.: si quis—quod illi volunt invidiosius esse—Claudius diceret, L.: voltis, nihil esse in naturā praeter ignem: si tam familiaris erat Clodiae quam tu esse vis, as you say he is: quae ego vellem non esse oratoris, what I claimed to be beyond the orator's province: restat ut omnes unum velint, are of one opinion: bis sumpsit quod voluit, i. e. begged the question.—In interrog. clause with quid, to mean, signify, intend to say, mean to express: sed tamen intellego quid velit: quid tibi vis? what do you mean by all this? T.: pro deum fidem, quid vobis voltis? L.: quid sibi vellet (Caesar)? cur in suas possessiones veniret? Cs.: avaritia senilis quid sibi velit, non intellego, what is the meaning of the phrase: tacitae quid volt sibi noctis imago? O.—With weakened force, as an auxiliary, or in periphrasis, will, shall: illa enim (ars) te, verum si loqui volumus, ornaverat: eius me compotem facere potestis, si meminisse voltis, etc., L.: Vis tu urbem feris praeponere silvis? will you prefer, etc., H.: tu tantum fida sorori Esse velis, i. e. fida sis, O.: si id confiteri velim, tamen istum condemnetis necesse est, if I should acknowledge: si quis velit ita dicere... nihil dicat, chooses to say, etc.: quā re oratos vos omnīs volo Ne, etc., T.: Esse salutatum volt te mea littera primum, O.—Redundant after noli or nolite: nolite, iudices, hunc velle maturius exstingui volnere vestro quam suo fato, do not resolve.—Of expressions of authority, to determine, resolvē, decree, demand, require, enact: utrum populus R. eum (honorem) cui velit, deferat: senatus te voluit mihi nummos dare: exercitūs quos contra se aluerint velle dimitti, Cs.: quid fieri velit praecipit, gives his orders, Cs.: sacra Cereris summā maiores nostri religione confici voluerunt, i. e. established the custom of celebrating: nostri maiores... insui voluerunt in culeum vivos, etc., made a law, that, etc.: Corinthum exstinctum esse voluerunt, should be (and remain) destroyed: volo ut mihi respondeas, I require you to answer: nuntia Romanis, Caelestes ita velle, ut Roma caput terrarum sit, L. —Esp., in the formula of asking a vote upon a law or decree: novos consules ita cum Samnite gerere bellum velitis, ut omnia ante nos bella gesta sunt, L.: plebes sic iussit—quod senatus... censeat, id volumus iubemusque, L.—To choose rather, prefer: a multis (studiis) eligere commodissimum quodque, quam sese uni alicui velle addicere: malae rei quam nullius duces esse volunt, L.
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    I
    velle, volui, - V
    wish, want, prefer; be willing, will
    II
    volare, volavi, volatus V
    III
    volunteers (pl.); (in the Second Punic War)

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  • 17 audeo

    audĕo, ausus, 2, v. a. and n. ( perf. ausi = ausus sum, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 868 P.; hence freq. in the poets, and prose writers modelled after them, subj. sync. ausim, Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 21; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 45; 5, 2, 65; Lucr. 2, 178; 5, 196; Verg. E. 3, 32; id. G. 2, 289; Tib. 4, 1, 193; Prop. 2, 5, 24; 3, 12, 21; Ov. Am. 2, 4, 1; Stat. Th. 1, 18; 3, 165; id. Achill. 2, 266; Liv. praef. 1; Plin. Ep. 4, 4 fin.; Tac. Agr. 43: ausis, Att. ap. Non. p. 4, 62; Lucr. 2, 982; 4, 508; 5, 730; 6, 412; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 27 Müll.:

    ausit,

    Cat. 61, 65; 61, 70; 61, 75; 66, 28; Ov. M. 6, 466; Stat. Th. 12, 101; id. Achill. 1, 544; Liv. 5, 3 fin.:

    * ausint,

    Stat. Th. 11, 126; cf. Prisc l. l.; Struve, p. 175 sq.; Ramsh. Gr. p. 140; Neue, Formenl. II. pp. 333 sq., 542, 547 sq. al.) [acc. to Pott, for avideo from avidus, pr. to be eager about something, to have spirit or courage for it; v. 1. aveo], to venture, to venture to do, to dare; to be bold, courageous (with the idea of courage, boldness; while conari designates a mere attempt, an undertaking; syn.: conor, molior); constr. with acc., inf., quin, in with acc. or abl., and absol.
    (α).
    With acc. (mostly in poets and histt., esp. in Tac.):

    Quā audaciā tantum facinus audet?

    Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 37; so,

    ut pessimum facinus auderent,

    Tac. H. 1, 28; 2, 85; Suet. Calig. 49: quid domini faciant, audent cum talia furesl Verg. E. 3, 16:

    ausum talia deposcunt,

    Ov. M. 1, 199; 13, 244:

    capitalem fraudem ausi,

    Liv. 23, 14; 3, 2; 26, 40; Vell. 2, 24, 5:

    erant qui id flagitium formidine auderent,

    Tac. A. 1, 69:

    ausuros nocturnam castrorum oppugnationem,

    id. ib. 2, 12; 4, 49; 11, 9; 12, 28; 14, 25; id. H. 1, 48; 2, 25; 2, 69;

    4, 15 al.: ad audendum aliquid concitāsset, nisi etc.,

    Suet. Caes. 8; 19; id. Tib. 37; id. Tit. 8; Just. 5, 9 al.; hence also pass.:

    multa dolo, pleraque per vim audebantur,

    Liv. 39, 8 fin.:

    auderi adversus aliquem dimicare,

    Nep. Milt. 4 fin.:

    agenda res est audendaque,

    Liv. 35, 35, 6; Vell. 2, 56 fin.:

    patroni necem,

    Suet. Dom. 14.—Also ausus, a, um, pass., Tac. A. 3, 67 fin. —
    (β).
    With inf. (the usual constr.;

    freq. both in prose and poetry): etiam audes meā revorti gratiā?

    Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 23:

    Ecquid audes de tuo istuc addere?

    do you undertake, venture upon? id. ib. 1, 2, 40:

    commovere me miser non audeo,

    I venture not to stir, id. Truc. 4, 3, 44:

    Neque tibi quicquam dare ausim,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 65:

    nil jam muttire audeo,

    id. And. 3, 2, 25; 3, 5, 7; id. Heaut. 5, 1, 80; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 31:

    hoc ex ipsis caeli rationibus ausim confirmare,

    Lucr. 5, 196:

    auderent credere gentes,

    id. 2, 1036; 1, 68; by poet. license transf. to things: Vitigeni latices in aquaï fontibus audent Misceri, the juice from the vine ventures boldly to intermingle with the water, id. 6, 1072:

    Mithridates tantum victus efficere potuit, quantum incolumis numquam est ausus optare,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 25:

    imperatorem deposcere,

    id. ib. 5, 12: ut de Ligarii (facto) non audeam confiteril id. Lig. 3, 8: audeo dicere, I dare say, venture to assert, = tolmô legein, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84 et saep.:

    qui pulsi loco cedere ausi erant,

    Sall. C. 9, 4; 20, 3:

    quem tu praeponere no bis Audes,

    Cat. 81, 6:

    refrenare licentiam,

    Hor. C. 3, 24, 28:

    vana contemnere,

    Liv. 9, 17, 9:

    mensuram prodere ausos,

    Plin. 2, 1, 1, § 3 al.:

    non sunt ausi persequi recedentes,

    Vulg. Gen. 35, 5; 44, 26; ib. Job, 29, 22; 37, 24; ib. Matt. 22, 46; ib. Act. 5, 13; ib. Rom. 5, 7 et persaepe.—
    * (γ).
    With quin:

    ut non audeam, quin promam omnia,

    Plaut. As. 1, 1, 11.—
    (δ).
    With in with acc. or abl. (eccl. Lat.): Rogo vos ne praesens audeam in quosdam (Gr. epi tinas), Vulg. 2 Cor. 10, 2: In quo quis audet, audeo et ego (Gr. en ô), ib. 2 Cor. 11, 21.—
    (ε).
    Absol.:

    (Romani) audendo... magni facti,

    Sall. H. Fragm. 4 (n. 12 fin. Gerl.):

    Nec nunc illi, quia audent, sed quia necesse est, pugnaturi sunt,

    Liv. 21, 40, 7:

    in ejus modi consiliis periculosius esse deprehendi quam audere,

    Tac. Agr. 15 fin.:

    duo itinera audendi (esse), seu mallet statim arma, seu etc.,

    id. H. 4, 49:

    auctor ego audendi,

    Verg. A. 12, 159:

    Nam spirat tragicum satis et feliciter audet,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 166.—With an object to be supplied from the context:

    hos vero novos magistros nihil intellegebam posse docere, nisi ut auderent (sc. dicere, orationes habere, etc.),

    Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 94; Quint. 10, 1, 33 Frotsch.; 1, 5, 72: Judaei sub ipsos muros struxere aciem, rebus secundis longius ausuri (sc. progredi, to advance further), Tac. H. 5, 11: 2, 25, cf. Verg. A. 2, 347.— Hence, P. a.,
    1.
    audens, entis, daring, bold, intrepid, courageous; mostly in a good sense ( poet. or in post-Aug prose):

    tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,

    Verg. A. 6, 95:

    audentes deus ipse juvat,

    Ov. M. 10, 586; so id. A. A. 1, 608; id. F. 2, 782:

    spes audentior,

    Val. Fl. 4, 284:

    nil gravius audenti quam ignavo patiendum esse,

    Tac. A. 14, 58; id. H. 2, 2 audentissimi cujusque procursu. id. Agr. 33; id. Or. 14 al.— Adv.: audenter, boldly, fearlessly, rashly: liceat audenter dicere, — Vulg Act. 2, 29; Dig. 28, 2, 29 fin. — Comp.:

    audentius jam onerat Sejanum,

    Tac. A. 4, 68 progressus, id. ib. 13, 40:

    circumsistere,

    id. H. 2, 78:

    inrupere,

    id. ib. 1, 79:

    agere fortius et audentius,

    id. Or 18.— Sup prob not in use.—
    2.
    ausus, a, um, ventured, attempted, undertaken, hence subst.: au-sum, i, n., a daring attempt, a venture, an undertaking, enterprise ( poet. or in postAug. prose; acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 351, perh. not before Verg.):

    At tibi pro scelere, exclamat, pro talibus ausis,

    Verg. A. 2, 535; 12, 351:

    fortia ausa,

    id. ib. 9, 281:

    ingentibus annuat ausis,

    Ov. M. 7, 178; 2, 328; 11, 12; 9, 621; 10, 460; 11, 242; id. H. 14, 49 al.; Stat. Th. 4, 368:

    ausum improbum,

    Plin. 2, 108, 112, § 147.

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  • 18 periclitatus

    pĕrīclĭtor, ātus, 1 (periclitatus, in pass. signif.; v. infra fin.), v. dep. a. and n. [periculum].
    I.
    Act.
    A.
    In gen., to try, prove, test any thing, to make a trial of, put to the test (class.;

    syn.: experior, tento): periclitatus animum sum tuum, quid faceres,

    Plaut. Am 3, 2, 33:

    an periclitamini Quid animi habeam,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 57:

    belli fortunam tentare ac periclitari,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 132:

    omnia,

    id. Quint. 31, 96: fidem alicujus. Sol. 19:

    in periclitandis experiundisque pueris,

    Cic. Div. 2, 46, 97:

    periclitandae vires ingenii,

    id. de Or. 1, 34, 157:

    exerceri in rebus cominus noscendis periclitandisque,

    Gell. 13, 8, 2.—
    B.
    In partic., to put in peril, to endanger, risk, jeopard (rare but class.): non est saepius in uno homine salus summa periclitanda rei publicae, Cic. [p. 1344] Cat. 1, 5, 11.—
    II.
    Neutr.
    A.
    To try, attempt, make an attempt (class.): periclitari volui, si, etc., Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3:

    cotidie quid nostri auderent, periclitabatur,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 8; Cic. Off. 3, 18, 73.—
    2.
    Pregn., to venture, to be bold or enterprising (post-Aug.):

    proeliis et periclitando tuti sunt,

    Tac. G. 40.—
    B.
    To be in danger or peril, to incur or be exposed to danger, to be endangered or imperilled (class.):

    ut potius Gallorum vita quam legionariorum periclitaretur,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 33: ne de summā imperii populus Romanus periclitetur, Aug. ap. Suet. Tib. 21.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    famā ingenii,

    Liv. 40, 15:

    capite,

    to have one's head in danger, be in danger of losing one's head, Mart. 6, 26, 1:

    veneno,

    Just. 37, 3, 7:

    paralysi,

    Plin. 20, 15, 59, § 165:

    causā,

    to be on trial, Quint. 7, 2, 12.—
    (γ).
    With gen. (postclass.):

    capitis,

    to be in peril of one's life, App. M. 8, p. 216, 13.—
    (δ).
    With inf. (postAug.):

    periclitabatur totam paene tragoediam evertere,

    Petr. 140:

    rumpi,

    Quint. 11, 3, 42; Plin. 26, 11, 69, § 112.—With ab and abl.:

    ab obtrectatore,

    Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 14, 29.—With pro:

    pro veritate,

    Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 14, 29.—With propter:

    propter te cotidie,

    Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 14, 29:

    propter peccatum,

    Petr. 30, 7.—With ex:

    periclitantes ex canis rabiosi morsu,

    Plin. 32, 5, 19, § 54.—
    2.
    Trop.: ut verba non periclitentur, that the words may run no danger (of losing the cause), Quint. 7, 3, 17.—Hence, pĕrīclĭtātus, a, um, part. perf.; in pass. signif., tried, tested:

    periclitatis moribus amicorum,

    Cic. Lael. 17, 63.

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  • 19 periclitor

    pĕrīclĭtor, ātus, 1 (periclitatus, in pass. signif.; v. infra fin.), v. dep. a. and n. [periculum].
    I.
    Act.
    A.
    In gen., to try, prove, test any thing, to make a trial of, put to the test (class.;

    syn.: experior, tento): periclitatus animum sum tuum, quid faceres,

    Plaut. Am 3, 2, 33:

    an periclitamini Quid animi habeam,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 57:

    belli fortunam tentare ac periclitari,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 132:

    omnia,

    id. Quint. 31, 96: fidem alicujus. Sol. 19:

    in periclitandis experiundisque pueris,

    Cic. Div. 2, 46, 97:

    periclitandae vires ingenii,

    id. de Or. 1, 34, 157:

    exerceri in rebus cominus noscendis periclitandisque,

    Gell. 13, 8, 2.—
    B.
    In partic., to put in peril, to endanger, risk, jeopard (rare but class.): non est saepius in uno homine salus summa periclitanda rei publicae, Cic. [p. 1344] Cat. 1, 5, 11.—
    II.
    Neutr.
    A.
    To try, attempt, make an attempt (class.): periclitari volui, si, etc., Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3:

    cotidie quid nostri auderent, periclitabatur,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 8; Cic. Off. 3, 18, 73.—
    2.
    Pregn., to venture, to be bold or enterprising (post-Aug.):

    proeliis et periclitando tuti sunt,

    Tac. G. 40.—
    B.
    To be in danger or peril, to incur or be exposed to danger, to be endangered or imperilled (class.):

    ut potius Gallorum vita quam legionariorum periclitaretur,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 33: ne de summā imperii populus Romanus periclitetur, Aug. ap. Suet. Tib. 21.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    famā ingenii,

    Liv. 40, 15:

    capite,

    to have one's head in danger, be in danger of losing one's head, Mart. 6, 26, 1:

    veneno,

    Just. 37, 3, 7:

    paralysi,

    Plin. 20, 15, 59, § 165:

    causā,

    to be on trial, Quint. 7, 2, 12.—
    (γ).
    With gen. (postclass.):

    capitis,

    to be in peril of one's life, App. M. 8, p. 216, 13.—
    (δ).
    With inf. (postAug.):

    periclitabatur totam paene tragoediam evertere,

    Petr. 140:

    rumpi,

    Quint. 11, 3, 42; Plin. 26, 11, 69, § 112.—With ab and abl.:

    ab obtrectatore,

    Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 14, 29.—With pro:

    pro veritate,

    Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 14, 29.—With propter:

    propter te cotidie,

    Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 14, 29:

    propter peccatum,

    Petr. 30, 7.—With ex:

    periclitantes ex canis rabiosi morsu,

    Plin. 32, 5, 19, § 54.—
    2.
    Trop.: ut verba non periclitentur, that the words may run no danger (of losing the cause), Quint. 7, 3, 17.—Hence, pĕrīclĭtātus, a, um, part. perf.; in pass. signif., tried, tested:

    periclitatis moribus amicorum,

    Cic. Lael. 17, 63.

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  • 20 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.

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