English → Latin
“tried” in Latin
probōto approve, permit, commend; to test, to inspect; to examinespectōto watch, observe, look at, consider; to examine, try, test; to aim, strive, or endeavour aftercognōscōto learn, to get to know; to be acquainted (with someone), recognize, apprehend; to know, perceive, understandfidēlisfaithful, loyal; true, trustworthy, dependable; believing, trusting
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
tried
probatus (tried and found good): spectatus (PROP., repeatedly and closely examined; both of persons and things): igni spectatus: igni perspectus (that has stood the test of fire, Cic., Off., 2, 1 1, 38; of friendship, Cic., post Red. in Sen., 9, 23): cognitus (known; of things): Thoroughly tried, per omnia expertus: tried by experience, probatus experimento: of tried fidelity, fidelis: a man of tried virtue, homo cognita virtute: men of tried morality, viri quorum vita in rebus honestis perspecta est.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for tried?
- The usual Latin words for “tried” are probō, spectō, cognōscō; also fidēlis. 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.