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cōnātus , ūs, m. conor.
I. 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.—
II. Concr., an attempt, effort, undertaking, enterprise, endeavor.
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