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|lshtext=<b>cōnor</b>: ātus, 1,<br /><b>I</b> 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.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With abl. gerundii: ne [[frustra]] dehortando impedire conemini, [[that]] [[you]] [[attempt]] not [[vainly]] to [[dissuade]], Nep. Att. 21, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With si: saepius [[noctu]], si perrumpere possent, conati, Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 4. —（ε) Absol.: dum moliuntur (mulieres), dum conantur, [[annus]] est, Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 11: conari manibus pedibus noctisque et [[dies]], id. And. 4, 1, 52: conantibus, priusquam id effici posset, adesse Romanos nuntiatur, Caes. B. G. 6, 4: qui [[prius]] cogitare [[quam]] conari consuesset, [[before]] he proceeded to the [[undertaking]], Nep. Dat. 7, 1: ego [[obviam]] conabar [[tibi]], Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 2: [[audax]] ad conandum, Liv. 45, 23, 15.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</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.