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Οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love.

Sophocles, Antigone, 523

Latin > English

pertento pertentare, pertentavi, pertentatus V :: test, try out; explore thoroughly; agitate thoroughly

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

per-tento: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to feel all over; hence,
I To prove, try, test any thing.
   A Lit. (very rare): cum utrumque pugionem pertentasset, Tac. H. 2, 49: alta bipenni latera, Petr. poët. 89, v. 24.—
   B Trop. (rare but class.): aliquem, Ter. And. 3, 4, 9: animum cohortis, Tac. H. 1, 29: rem, to consider or weigh well, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 5: omnia pertento, omnia experior, Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 15: nobilium adulescentium animos, Liv. 2, 3, 6.—
II To pervade, invade; to seize, affect (poet. and in postAug. prose): dum prima lues ... Pertentat sensus, Verg. A. 7, 354: pertentant gaudia pectus, id. ib. 1, 502: tremor pertentet Corpora, id. G. 3, 250: vinolentiā ac fatigatione pertentatus, App. M. 1, p. 107, 10.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

pertentō,¹² āvī, ātum, āre, tr.,
1 essayer, tenter, éprouver : Tac. H. 2, 49 ; 1, 29 ; Liv. 2, 3, 6 ; Cic. Q. 1, 4, 5
2 éprouver, affecter : Virg. En. 7, 354 ; G. 3, 250 || pénétrer dans, envahir : Virg. En. 1, 502. mss pertempto.

Latin > German (Georges)

per-tento (in Hdschrn. u. neueren Ausgaben pertempto), āvī, ātum, āre, eig.: überall betasten; dah. I) prüfen, probieren, A) eig.: pugionem utrumque, Tac. hist. 2, 49: alta bipenni latera, Petron. poët. 89. v. 24. – B) übtr.: a) auf die Probe stellen, prüfen, erforschen, alqm gratiā, Ter.: animum cohortis, Tac.: nobilium adulescentium animos, Liv. 2, 3, 6. – b) durchprüfen, überlegen, überdenken, perspice rem et pertenta, Cic.: omnia pertento, omnia experior, Plin. ep. – II) durch und durch ergreifen, durchdringen, durchzucken, tremor pertentat corpora, Verg.: pertentant gaudia pectus, Verg.: vinolentiā pertentatus, Apul.

Latin > Chinese

pertento, as, are. :: 試探細察