TRY Copy link • TRYTo attempt, rem or rem facere tentare: experiri: conari: periclitari (aliquem or aliquid; e.g., periclitari Romanos, Nep.): periculum facere alicujus or alicujus rei: moliri (to endeavor to effect a great and difficult work): audere (to attempt a great and dangerous work). ☞ Probare, in this sense, is without classical authority. To try my strength, tentare aliquid possim: let us try our strength, experiamur, quid uterque possit: I tried what I could do, tentavi quid possem: to try if, etc., experiri si, etc. To put to the test, tentare: examinare: explorare [SYN. in EXAMINE]. To try (gold, etc.), aliquid ad obrussam exigere: to try by fire, igni spectare aliquid and (figuratively) aliquem (Cic.): to try anybody’s fidelity, alicujus fidem inspicere (Ov.): to try, or try on, a garment, vestem probare or experiri: to try a horse, equum tentare: to try a medicine, medicamentum usu explorare (Cels.). To put upon trial, interrogare: quaerere [Vid: TRIAL]. To try a cause, causam cognosces (of the judge); judicem esse de aliqua re: judicem sedere in aliquem (of a juror, etc). To tempt, s.