conatio

Latin

Etymology

From cōnor (“I attempt, try”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /koːˈnaː.ti.oː/, [koːˈnäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈnat.t͡si.o/, [koˈnät̪ː͡s̪io]

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.