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cōnātus (noun M) : conor.
* Abstr., an effort, exertion, struggle, endeavor: ue ista hercle magno jam conatu magnas nugas dixerit, Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 8: quo majore conatu studioque aguntur,Cic. Quint. 14, 47: omnem sui tribunatus conatum in meam perniciem parare,id. Fam. 5, 2, 6: Genucius ad hostes magno conatu profectus,Liv. 7, 6, 9: in ipso conatu rerum circumegit se annus,i. e. just as the affair was well begun,id. 9, 18, 15 Weissenb. ad loc.: vixdum inchoatis rebus in ipso conatu gerendi belli,id. 32, 28, 4.
* Trop., an impulse, inclination, tendency: dedit natura beluis et sensum et appetitum, ut altero conatum haberent ad naturales pastus capessendos, altero secernerent, etc.,Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122: nulla est ullo in genere laus orationis, cujus in nostris orationibus non sit aliqua si non perfectio, at conatus tamen atque adumbratio,id. Or. 29, 103: se ad hostes contulit conatumque iracundiae suae morte sedavit,id. Brut. 10, 42.
* Concr., an attempt, effort, undertaking, enterprise, endeavor.
* Sing.: alii, si perrumpere possent conati ... telis repulsi hoc conatu destiterunt,Caes. B. G. 1, 8 fin.: principem esse ad conatum exercitus conparandi,Cic. Phil. 10, 11, 24: hac ego religione non sum ab hoc conatu repulsus,id. Or. 11, 36: si in me impetum facere conabitur ... ejus conatum refutabo,id. Har. Resp. 4, 7: Icarus primo statim conatu decidit,Suet. Ner. 12: a conatu resistendi deterritus se dedidit,Nep. Dat. 4, 5.
* Plur.: compressi tuos nefarios conatus,Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11: perditi,id. Off. 1, 30, 109: quod conatus adversariorum infregissent,Caes. B, G. 2, 21: aut opprimet hominem aut omnis ejus motus conatusque prohibebit,Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 26: multis frustra conatibus captis,Liv. 3, 5, 6; 9, 4, 1; 21, 29, 5: conatibus alicujus accedere,Suet. Oth. 4: in mediis conatibus aegri Succidimus,Verg. A. 12, 910: obstare conatibus nostris,Ov. R. Am. 683; Auct. B. Alex. 9; cf.: optimi et clarissimi,Cic. Fam. 12, 10, 2: generosi,Quint. 2, 4, 4: crebri parvique,id. 8, 5, 29: ingentes adversus Germaniam,Tac. Agr. 13: vibrare nudis conatibus hastam,Sil. 13, 161: conatus alicujus supra vires,Scrib. Comp. 101.
* Abstr., an effort, exertion, struggle, endeavor: ue ista hercle magno jam conatu magnas nugas dixerit, Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 8: quo majore conatu studioque aguntur,Cic. Quint. 14, 47: omnem sui tribunatus conatum in meam perniciem parare,id. Fam. 5, 2, 6: Genucius ad hostes magno conatu profectus,Liv. 7, 6, 9: in ipso conatu rerum circumegit se annus,i. e. just as the affair was well begun,id. 9, 18, 15 Weissenb. ad loc.: vixdum inchoatis rebus in ipso conatu gerendi belli,id. 32, 28, 4.
* Trop., an impulse, inclination, tendency: dedit natura beluis et sensum et appetitum, ut altero conatum haberent ad naturales pastus capessendos, altero secernerent, etc.,Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122: nulla est ullo in genere laus orationis, cujus in nostris orationibus non sit aliqua si non perfectio, at conatus tamen atque adumbratio,id. Or. 29, 103: se ad hostes contulit conatumque iracundiae suae morte sedavit,id. Brut. 10, 42.
* Concr., an attempt, effort, undertaking, enterprise, endeavor.
* Sing.: alii, si perrumpere possent conati ... telis repulsi hoc conatu destiterunt,Caes. B. G. 1, 8 fin.: principem esse ad conatum exercitus conparandi,Cic. Phil. 10, 11, 24: hac ego religione non sum ab hoc conatu repulsus,id. Or. 11, 36: si in me impetum facere conabitur ... ejus conatum refutabo,id. Har. Resp. 4, 7: Icarus primo statim conatu decidit,Suet. Ner. 12: a conatu resistendi deterritus se dedidit,Nep. Dat. 4, 5.
* Plur.: compressi tuos nefarios conatus,Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11: perditi,id. Off. 1, 30, 109: quod conatus adversariorum infregissent,Caes. B, G. 2, 21: aut opprimet hominem aut omnis ejus motus conatusque prohibebit,Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 26: multis frustra conatibus captis,Liv. 3, 5, 6; 9, 4, 1; 21, 29, 5: conatibus alicujus accedere,Suet. Oth. 4: in mediis conatibus aegri Succidimus,Verg. A. 12, 910: obstare conatibus nostris,Ov. R. Am. 683; Auct. B. Alex. 9; cf.: optimi et clarissimi,Cic. Fam. 12, 10, 2: generosi,Quint. 2, 4, 4: crebri parvique,id. 8, 5, 29: ingentes adversus Germaniam,Tac. Agr. 13: vibrare nudis conatibus hastam,Sil. 13, 161: conatus alicujus supra vires,Scrib. Comp. 101.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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