attempt (v) Copy link Outline I. To endeavour1. cōnor, 1 (with acc., inf., or absol.)2. coepto, 13. mōlior, 4 (i. e. to a. some great or difficult work)4. nītor, ēnītorII. To attack1. tento, 12. attento, 1 • attempt (v).: I. To endeavour: 1. cōnor, 1 (with acc., inf., or absol.): to a. a great and difficult work, opus magnum et arduum c., Cic.: you see that Demosthenes accomplished many things, that we a. many, vides Demosthenem multa perficere, nos multa c., Cic.: to a. to do anything, aliquid agere conari, Cic. 2. coepto, 1: he a.'d to repress the mutiny, coercere seditionem coeptabat, Tac.: an animal a.s to get what it perceives to be adapted to its nature, animal c. ea quae naturae sentit apta appetere, Cic.: also with acc.: v. to begin. 3. mōlior, 4 (i. e. to a. some great or difficult work): he a.s nothing amiss, nil molitur inepte, Hor. (of Homer): v. to scheme, plot. 4. nītor, ēnītor: v. to strive, endeavour. (N.B. Not experior, which signifies the trial of an experiment, not the attempt to do something: v. to try.) II. To attack: 1. tento, 1: to a. the walls of a town, moenia oppidi t., Caes.: Liv.: v. to attack. 2. attento, 1: to a. (make an attempt on) Capua, a. Capuam, Liv.