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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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conatis Verb: perfect passive participle neuter dative plural, Verb: perfect passive participle feminine dative plural, Verb: perfect passive participle neuter ablative plural, Verb: perfect passive participle masculine dative plural, Verb: perfect passive participle feminine ablative plural, Verb: perfect passive participle masculine ablative plural of conor

conatis Noun: neuter dative plural, Noun: neuter ablative plural of conatum

See conatis 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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