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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• tempt:
    1. I. To allure, esp. to evil:
      1. 1. tento, 1: to t. the minds of the slaves by hope and fear, t. animos servorum spe et metu, Cic. Clu. 63, 176: did the Sardinian sheep-skin t. him whom the royal purple did not move? quem purpura regalis non commovit eum Sardorum mastruca tentavit? id. Aem. Scaur. in Isid. Orig. 19, 3: to t. any one to a discussion, t. aliquem ad disputandum, id. de Or. 2, 3, 13 (where some make ad d. depend upon the foll. elicere).
      2. 2. attento, 1: he industriously t.'d the enemies of every one, omnium inimicos diligenter attentavit, Cic. Verr. 2, 54, 135: lest his fidelity should be t.'d, ne sua fides attentetur, id. Or. 61, 208.
      3. 3. sollĭcĭto, 1: to t. her chaste fidelity by gifts, s. pudicam fidem donis, Ov. M. 7, 721: to t. the slaves to kill the guest, s. servos ad hospitem necandum, Cic. Coel. 21, 51: I am t.'d to think there are no gods, sollicitor nullos esse putare deos, Ov. Am. 3, 9, 36.
      4. 4. indūco, xi, ctum, 3 (constr. with ad or in and acc.): to t. any one by bribes, by favour, by hope, by promises, pretio, gratia, spe, promissis i. aliquem (ad parricidium), Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 76: to t. any one to tell a lie, i. aliquem ut mentiatur, id. Rosc. Com. 16, 46.
      5. 5. invito, 1: all things t. to sin, invitant omnia culpam, Ov. H. 17, 183: to t. to sensuality, i. in libidinem, Suet. Cal. 41. Join: i. et allicere, Cic. Fin. 5, 6, 17: v. allure, entice.
      6. 6. scandălīzo, 1: Tert. Phr.: you will not t. any lady by the present of a costly robe, non ullam rarae labefactes munere vestis, Catul. 69, 3.
    2. II. tento, 1: v. try, attempt.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• TEMPT
  • To attempt, Vid:
  • To solicit to ill, entice, tentare, sollicitare aliquem or alicujus animum: pellicere aliquem. To tempt the enemy across the river, by pretending to retreat, hostes cedendo sensim citra flumen pertrahere (Liv., 21, 54).