English → Latin
“attempt” in Latin
tentōto handle, touch; to try, test, temptexperiorto attempt, to try; to test, to put to the test, to find out, to prove; therefore, to make trial of a person or thing; tcōnorto try, attemptperīclitorto try, prove or test; to attempt; to be put in danger, to be imperiledmōliorto strive, endeavor, work at; to put in motion, shake, move; to rouse, bestiraudeōto dare, venture, risk; to be eager for battleperīculumtrial, experiment, attempt, proof, essay; risk, hazard, danger, peril; ruin, destructionexperīmentumtest, trial, experiment; experienceperīclitātiōA trying; trial, experiment, test.
The English word attempt itself goes back to Latin temptō, through attemptō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
attempt v.
tentare: experiri: conari: periclitari (aliquem or aliquid; e.g., periclitari Romanos, Nep.): periculum facere alicujus or alicujus rei: moliri (to endeavor to effect a great and difficult work): audere (to attempt a great and dangerous work). [Vid, TRY]
Attempt anybody’s mind: sollicitare aliquem or alicujus animum; e.g., pretio: pecunia: pellicere aliquem.
attempt s.
conatus, us, m. in plur., also conata (attempt, as the beginning of an undertaking): periculum (trial by which, with danger to one’s self, one arrives at experience: periclitatio, as action): experimentum (trial, contrived for the purpose of learning the nature of anything). An unlucky or unsuccessful attempt, res infelicis operae; res infeliciter tentata: a vain attempt, conatus frustra captus: to make an attempt, periculum facere; conatum incipere or facere (incipere of beginning to make it; facere of actually carrying it through, Cic., Cat., 2, 12, 27): against anybody or anything, contra aliquem or aliquid. To make an attempt upon anything, tentare aliquid (e. g, , on a camp castra).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for attempt?
- The usual Latin words for “attempt” are tentō, experior, cōnor; also perīclitor, mōlior, audeō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.