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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=attento attentare, attentavi, attentatus V TRANS :: attack, assail; call into question; try to seduce/use; make an attempt on, try
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>at-tento</b>: (adtempto, K. and H.; at-tempto, Kayser, Rib., Halm, Queck), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., lit.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[strive]] [[after]] [[something]], to [[attempt]], [[essay]], [[try]], [[make]] [[trial]] of; to [[solicit]]; to [[assail]], [[attack]] ([[class]]. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]): digitis mollibus arcum attemptat, attempts to [[draw]], Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 217: aliquem lacrimis, to [[attempt]] to [[move]], Val. Fl. 4, 11: praeteriri [[omnino]] fuerit [[satius]] [[quam]] attemptatum deseri, begun, Cic. de Or. 3, 28, 110: attemptata [[defectio]], the attempted [[revolt]], Liv. 23, 15, 7 (Weissenb., temptata): omnium inimicos [[diligenter]] cognoscere, colloqui, attemptare, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54: Capuam [[propter]] plurimas belli opportunitates ab illā impiā et sceleratā manu attemptari suspicabamur, i. e. moved by [[persuasion]] to [[revolt]], id. Sest. 4: ne compositae orationis insidiis sua [[fides]] attemptetur, id. Or. 61, 208: [[mecum]] facientia jura Si [[tamen]] adtemptas, i. e. [[attempt]] to [[shake]], [[attack]], Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 23: nec hoc [[testamentum]] ejus [[quisquam]] attemptavit, sought to [[annul]], Val. Max. 7, 8, 3; so, sententiam judicis, Dig. 12, 6, 23: pudicitiam, to [[seek]] to [[defile]] or [[pollute]], ib. 47, 10, 10: annonam, to [[make]] dearer, ib. 47, 11, 6.—Of a [[hostile]] [[attack]]: vi attemptantem repellere, Tac. A. 13, 25: jam curabo sentiat, Quos attentārit, Phaedr. 5, 2, 7: [[haud]] illum [[bello]] attemptare juvencis Sunt animi, Stat. Th. 4, 71.—Trop.: Quae [[aegritudo]] [[insolens]] mentem attemptat tuam? Pac. ap. Non. p. 322, 18 (Trag. Rel. p. 84 Rib.).
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{{Georges
|georg=at-[[tento]] (ad-[[tento]]) od. at-[[tempto]] (ad-[[tempto]]) od. at-temto, āvī, ātum, āre, [[antasten]], I) eig.: ruinam alcis manu suā (im Bilde), Val. Max. 5, 3, 5: arcum digitis, zu [[spannen]] [[versuchen]], Claud. rapt. Pros. 3, 217. – II) übtr.: 1) [[versuchen]], a) etw. [[versuchen]], [[sich]] in etw. [[versuchen]], [[neque]] vim [[neque]] naturam [[eius]] (generis) [[nec]] partes [[nec]] genera proponunt, ut praeteriri [[omnino]] fuerit [[satius]] [[quam]] attentatum deseri, Cic.: locos laetiores, Tac. dial.: argumentorum locos singulos, Quint. – m. folg. Infin., Oros. 5, 19, 5. – b) jmdm. [[durch]] Bestechung beizukommen [[suchen]], zu [[verführen]] [[suchen]], zur [[Untreue]], zum [[Abfall]] zu [[verleiten]] [[suchen]], omnium adversarios, omnium inimicos [[diligenter]] cognoscere, colloqui, attentare, Cic.: classem, Cic.: Capuam, Cic. – 2) feindl. [[antasten]] = [[angreifen]], [[anfechten]] (s. Deder. Dict. introd. p. LII), patriam [[nefarie]], Val. Max.: alqm vi, Tac.: alqm [[bello]], Stat.: alqd linguā, Cic.: ne compositae orationis insidiis sua [[fides]] attentetur, seine Leichtgläubigkeit in Schlingen gelegt werde, Cic. – att. alcis [[testamentum]], Val. Max.: iura, Hor.: pudicitiam, zu [[beflecken]] [[suchen]], ICt.: u. so uxorem alienam, Augustin. serm. 8, 10: annonam, [[verteuern]], ICt. – [[aegritudo]] [[insolens]] mentem attentat tuam, Pacuv. tr. 60.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=attento, as, are. :: 試探。謀攻。— eum bello 動兵與彼打仗。— testamentum 謀廢遺書。— urbem 謀搶城。 — insidiis fidem auditoris 以詭言勉使人信。— tempus prosperum 等便時。
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