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temptō (tentō āvī, ātus, āre, intens.

tendo, to handle, touch, feel : manibus pectora, O.: flumen vix pede: in tenebris caput, Ph.: invisos amictūs, V.: venam, to feel the pulse , O.To make trial of, try, attempt, attack, assail : scalis et classe moenia, Cs.: quia Gallis ad temptanda ea (castra) defuit spes, L.: animi valentes morbo temptari possunt: auctumnus exercitum valetudine temptaverat, Cs.: morbo temptari acuto, H.: pedes, V.To try, experiment upon, prove, test, attempt, essay : tempto te, quo animo accipias: regis prudentiam: pollice chordas, O.: iter per provinciam per vim, Cs.: negatā iter viā, H.: Thetim ratibus, V.: temptanda via est, V.: nullo modo animus incitari potest, qui modus a me non temptatus sit: rem frustra, Cs.: pacis spem, L.: crimina, H.: quid in eo genere possem: quae sit fortuna facillima, temptat, V.: si qua res esset cibo, something to eat , Ph.: temptarunt aequore tingui, O.: taurus irasci in cornua temptat, V.: litteras deferre, Cu.: ut ipse gereret sine rege rem p.: temptatum ab L. Sextio, ut rogationem ferret, etc., L.To try, urge, incite, tempt, sound, tamper with : cum per Drusum saepe temptassem: utrum admonitus an temptatus an . . . pervenerit . . . nescio: cum ab proximis impetrare non possent, ulteriores temptant, Cs.: nequiquam temptati, ut desisterent, L.: animum precando, V.: fidem eius, an exercitum traditurus foret, Ta.To disquiet, worry, excite, disturb, agitate, distress : nationes: in his rebus evertendis unius hominis senectus temptata est.

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