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Webster 1913 Edition
Conatus
‖
Co-na′tus
,Noun.
[L., fr.
conatus
, p. p. of conari
to attempt.] A natural tendency inherent in a body to develop itself; an attempt; an effort.
What
conatus
could give prickles to the porcupine or hedgehog, or to the sheep its fleece? Paley.
Webster 1828 Edition
Conatus
CONATUS
,Noun.
1.
Effort; attempt.2.
The tendency of a body towards any point, or to pursue its course in the same line of direction.Definition 2024
conatus
conatus
See also: conatûs
English
Noun
conatus (plural conatus or conatûs)
Related terms
References
- “‖Conatus” listed on page 752 of volume II (C) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1893]
‖Conatus (konēi·tɒ̆s). [L.; = effort, endeavour, impulse, f. cōnārī to endeavour.] [¶] 1. An effort, endeavour, striving. [¶; 2 quots.: 1722, 1836; ¶] 2. transf. A force, impulse, or tendency simulating a human effort; a nisus. [¶; 6 quots.: 1665, 1672, 1674, 1730–6, 1802, 1885]
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of cōnor (“try, attempt”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /koːˈnaː.tus/, [koːˈnaː.tʊs]
Participle
cōnātus m (feminine cōnāta, neuter cōnātum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | cōnātus | cōnāta | cōnātum | cōnātī | cōnātae | cōnāta | |
| genitive | cōnātī | cōnātae | cōnātī | cōnātōrum | cōnātārum | cōnātōrum | |
| dative | cōnātō | cōnātō | cōnātīs | ||||
| accusative | cōnātum | cōnātam | cōnātum | cōnātōs | cōnātās | cōnāta | |
| ablative | cōnātō | cōnātā | cōnātō | cōnātīs | |||
| vocative | cōnāte | cōnāta | cōnātum | cōnātī | cōnātae | cōnāta | |
Noun
cōnātus m (genitive cōnātūs); fourth declension
Inflection
Fourth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cōnātus | cōnātūs |
| genitive | cōnātūs | cōnātuum |
| dative | cōnātuī | cōnātibus |
| accusative | cōnātum | cōnātūs |
| ablative | cōnātū | cōnātibus |
| vocative | cōnātus | cōnātūs |
Descendants
References
- conatus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- conatus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- CONATUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to persevere in one's resolve: in incepto or conatu perstare
- to give up one's project: incepto or conatu desistere
- to persevere in one's resolve: in incepto or conatu perstare
- conatus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016