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cōnor , ātus, 1,
I.v. dep., to undertake, endeavor, attempt, try, venture, presume, etc. (freq. and class.; “syn. molior,Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 11; “opp. facere,Cic. Rosc. Am. 19, 54; “opp. perficere,id. Or. 30, 105); constr. with acc., inf., rarely with abl. of the gerund., or absol.
(α). With acc. (mostly of indef. objects): “quicquam fallaciae,Ter. And. 1, 2, 26: “istuc,id. ib. 1, 5, 35: “idem,Caes. B. G. 1, 3: “opus magnum et arduum,Cic. Or. 10, 33: “id quod conantur,id. Cat. 2, 9, 19: “multa,id. Or. 30, 105; id. Fin. 1, 16, 82: tantum scelus, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 5, 13, 30; cf.: “tantam rem,Liv. 42, 59, 8: “muita stulte,Nep. Hann. 8, 3; Quint. 2, 4, 10: “plurima frustra,Verg. A. 9, 398.—
(β). With inf. (freq.): “hoc dicere,Cic. Quint. 20, 62: “aliquid facere,id. Rosc. Am. 19, 54: “me labefactare,id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 44: “poëtas attingere,id. de Or. 2, 14, 61: “versus pangere,Lucr. 1, 26: “pueris absinthia dare,id. 1, 936; 4, 12 al.: “facere id quod constituerant,Caes. B. G. 1, 5: “invito transire,id. ib. 1, 8: “tela mittere,Cat. 116, 3; Hor. C. 1, 6, 9; id. Ep. 1, 1, 19.—*
(γ). With abl. gerundii: “ne frustra dehortando impedire conemini,that you attempt not vainly to dissuade, Nep. Att. 21, 6.—
b. Hence, subst.: cōnāta , ōrum, n., in pass. signif., an undertaking, attempt, venture, hazard (class.), Att. ap. Non. p. 202, 14; Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 39; Lucr. 5, 386; Caes. B. G. 1, 3; Nep. Dion, 8, 5; Liv. 21, 50, 9; 42, 11, 3; Quint. 8, 3, 69; Suet. Galb. 17; Ov. M. 10, 420; 14, 755 sq.; Juv. 13, 210; Vell. 2, 35, 5 et saep.
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