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.
attempt (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. cōnātum (esp. in pl.)2. cōnātus, ūs3. inceptum4. tĭrōcĭnĭum (a first a.)5. pĕrīcŭlum • attempt (subs.): 1. cōnātum (esp. in pl.): Caes.: Juv. 2. cōnātus, ūs: to desist from an a., conatu desistere, Caes.: I have checked your atrocious a.s, compressi tuos nefarios conatus, Cic. 3. inceptum: to desist from an a., incepto absistere, Liv.; favour, O goddess, my a.s., inceptis annue, diva, meis, Ov. 4. tĭrōcĭnĭum (a first a.): he wished to make his first a., and to give a proof of his eloquence in impeaching L. Paulus, in L. Paulo accusando t. ponere et documentum eloquentiae dare voluit, Liv.: Quint. 5. pĕrīcŭlum: v. trial, experiment.--Note. Of the preceding words, conatus and conatum imply effort: inceptum only a beginning: tirocinium is fig. and rare.
ATTEMPT Copy link • ATTEMPT 1. v. 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). [Vid, TRY] Attempt anybody’s mind: sollicitare aliquem or alicujus animum; e.g., pretio: pecunia: pellicere aliquem. 2. s. conatus, us, m. in plur., also conata (attempt, as the beginning of an undertaking): periculum (trial by which, with danger to one’s self, one arrives at experience: periclitatio, as action): experimentum (trial, contrived for the purpose of learning the nature of anything). An unlucky or unsuccessful attempt, res infelicis operae; res infeliciter tentata: a vain attempt, conatus frustra captus: to make an attempt, periculum facere; conatum incipere or facere (incipere of beginning to make it; facere of actually carrying it through, Cic., Cat., 2, 12, 27): against anybody or anything, contra aliquem or aliquid. To make an attempt upon anything, tentare aliquid (e. g, , on a camp castra).