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|lshtext=<b>cōnātus</b>: ūs, m. [[conor]].<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., an [[impulse]], [[inclination]], [[tendency]]: dedit [[natura]] beluis et sensum et appetitum, ut altero [[conatum]] haberent ad naturales [[pastus]] capessendos, altero secernerent, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122: nulla est ullo in genere [[laus]] orationis, cujus in nostris orationibus non [[sit]] [[aliqua]] si non [[perfectio]], at [[conatus]] [[tamen]] [[atque]] [[adumbratio]], id. Or. 29, 103: se ad hostes contulit conatumque iracundiae suae morte sedavit, id. Brut. 10, 42.—<br /><b>II</b> Concr., an [[attempt]], [[effort]], [[undertaking]], [[enterprise]], endeavor.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sing.: alii, si perrumpere possent conati ... [[telis]] repulsi hoc conatu destiterunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 8 fin.: principem esse ad [[conatum]] [[exercitus]] conparandi, Cic. Phil. 10, 11, 24: hac ego religione non [[sum]] ab hoc conatu [[repulsus]], id. Or. 11, 36: si in me impetum facere conabitur ... ejus [[conatum]] refutabo, id. Har. Resp. 4, 7: [[Icarus]] [[primo]] [[statim]] conatu decidit, Suet. Ner. 12: a conatu resistendi deterritus se dedidit, Nep. Dat. 4, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plur.: compressi tuos nefarios [[conatus]], Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11: perditi, id. Off. 1, 30, 109: [[quod]] [[conatus]] adversariorum infregissent, Caes. B, G. 2, 21: aut opprimet hominem aut [[omnis]] ejus [[motus]] conatusque prohibebit, Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 26: multis [[frustra]] conatibus captis, Liv. 3, 5, 6; 9, 4, 1; 21, 29, 5: conatibus alicujus accedere, Suet. Oth. 4: in mediis conatibus aegri Succidimus, Verg. A. 12, 910: obstare conatibus nostris, Ov. R. Am. 683; Auct. B. Alex. 9; cf.: optimi et clarissimi, Cic. Fam. 12, 10, 2: generosi, Quint. 2, 4, 4: crebri parvique, id. 8, 5, 29: ingentes [[adversus]] Germaniam, Tac. Agr. 13: vibrare nudis conatibus hastam, Sil. 13, 161: [[conatus]] alicujus [[supra]] [[vires]], Scrib. Comp. 101.

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|georg=cōnātus, ūs, m. ([[conor]]), der [[Ansatz]], [[Anlauf]], a) [[als]] Anstrengung [[des]] Körpers [[oder]] seiner Glieder, [[conatus]] [[aliquis]] [[supra]] [[vires]], Scrib.: [[quod]] in certamine saliendi fieri videmus, ut [[conatum]] longius petant ([[nehmen]]), Quint.: u. so (im Bilde) multos [[saepe]] [[conatus]] [[frustra]] capere, Liv.: [[primo]] [[statim]] conatu [[iuxta]] [[cubiculum]] alcis decidere, beim ersten Auffluge, Suet.: u. im Bilde, crebris parvisque conatibus se attollere, Quint.: [[nihil]] probantes [[nisi]] [[planum]] et humile et [[sine]] conatu, [[ohne]] Aufschwung, Quint. – b) [[als]] Anstrengung der Sinne, der [[Drang]], [[Trieb]], dedit [[natura]] beluis et sensum et appetitum, ut [[altero]] [[conatum]] haberent ad naturales [[pastus]] capessendos, [[altero]] secernerent pestifera a salutaribus, Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 122. – c) [[als]] geistige Anstrengung, das Beginnen, der [[Versuch]] (Ggstz. [[perfectio]] u. dgl.), nulla est [[enim]] [[ullo]] in genere [[laus]] oratoris, [[cuius]] in nostris orationibus [[non]] sit [[aliqua]] si [[non]] [[perfectio]], at [[conatus]] [[tamen]] [[atque]] [[adumbratio]], Cic.: [[nam]] in pueris [[oratio]] perfecta [[nec]] exigi [[nec]] sperari potest; [[melior]] [[autem]] est [[indoles]] [[laeta]] generosique [[conatus]], Quint. – d) [[als]] milit. u. polit. Anstrengung, und [[zwar]]: α) [[als]] Kraftaufwand, Bemühen, [[Mühe]], [[tumultus]] [[Gallicus]] [[haud]] magno conatu [[brevi]] [[oppressus]] est, Liv.: [[profectus]] magno conatu ad hostes, Liv.: [[quo]] maiore conatu studioque aguntur, eo leviora infirmioraque [[existimo]], Cic. – β) [[als]] Beginnen, [[Versuch]], die [[Absicht]], die beabsichtigte, versuchte [[Unternehmung]] (Ggstz. [[consilium]], [[Plan]]; u. [[factum]], [[Tat]], [[effectus]], [[Ausführung]]), c. [[furiosus]], Val. Max.: [[irritus]], Sen.: [[conatus]] [[tam]] [[audax]] traiiciendarum Alpium et [[effectus]], Liv.: in ipso conatu belli gerendi revocari (vom [[Konsul]]), Liv.: [[urbis]] [[amplius]] temptandae in [[praesentia]] ([[für]] den [[Augenblick]]) conatu absistere, Liv.: a conatu resistendi deterreri, Nep.: [[hoc]] conatu desistere, Caes.: de spe conatuque depelli, Cic.: religione ab [[hoc]] conatu repelli, Cic.: furentis hominis [[conatum]] [[atque]] audaciam comprimere, Cic.: parare omnem [[conatum]] in perniciem alcis, Cic. – im Plur., vani [[conatus]], Liv.: [[magni]] c., Sen.: c. ingentes [[adversus]] Britanniam, Tac.: nefarii, Cic.: [[conatus]] alcis comprimere, Cic. u. Liv.: [[conatus]] adversariorum infringere, Cic.: omnes illorum [[conatus]] investigare et consequi, Cic.: conatibus alcis occurrere, Auct. b. Alex.: omnes alcis [[motus]] conatusque prohibere, Cic.: alcis [[conatus]] reprimere, Cic.: Tib. [[Gracchi]] [[conatus]] perditos vindicare, Cic.

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