conamen
From LSJ
ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cōnāmen: ĭnis, n. id.,
I an effort, exertion, struggle (poet.): alarum, Lucr. 6, 836: eundi, id. 6, 326: magno conamine, Ov. M. 3, 60; cf. id. ib. 8, 366; id. F. 4, 325; Luc. 4, 287.—In plur.: conamina mortis, Ov. M. 10, 390; Lucr. 6, 1040.—
II Concr., a support, prop: constitit (infans), adjutis aliquo conamine nervis, Ov. M. 15, 224.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cōnāmĕn,¹⁴ ĭnis, n. (conor), élan, effort : conamen sumit eundi Lucr. 6, 325, il prend l’élan pour partir
