I.a trial, proof essay, attempt (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; usu. in plur.).
(α).
In plur.: “mortalia Tentamenta,” Ov. M. 15, 629: “fide (i. e. fidei),” id. ib. 7, 728: “tui,” Verg. A. 8, 144: “civilium bellorum,” Tac. H. 2, 38.—