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tento
tento
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the perfect passive participle of tendō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈten.toː/, [ˈtɛn.toː]
Verb
tentō (present infinitive tentāre, perfect active tentāvī, supine tentātum); first conjugation
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References
- tento in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tento in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tento”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be attacked by disease: morbo tentari or corripi
- to try one's luck: fortunam tentare, experiri
- to try to divine a person's disposition: animos tentare (Cluent. 63. 176)
- to force a way, a passage: iter tentare per vim (cf. sect. II. 3)
- to be attacked by disease: morbo tentari or corripi