conatio

Latin

Etymology

From cōnor (I attempt, try) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

cōnātiō f (genitive cōnātiōnis); third declension

  1. The act of undertaking or endeavouring; effort, endeavour, attempt.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cōnātiō cōnātiōnēs
genitive cōnātiōnis cōnātiōnum
dative cōnātiōnī cōnātiōnibus
accusative cōnātiōnem cōnātiōnēs
ablative cōnātiōne cōnātiōnibus
vocative cōnātiō cōnātiōnēs

Descendants

  • English: conation
  • Italian: conazione

References

  • conatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "conatio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • conatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.