tentabundus

Latin

Alternative forms

• temptābundus

Etymology

tentō (“try”) +‎ -bundus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ten.taːˈbun.dus/, [t̪ɛn̪t̪äːˈbʊn̪d̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ten.taˈbun.dus/, [t̪en̪t̪äˈbun̪d̪us]

Adjective

tentābundus (feminine tentābunda, neuter tentābundum); first/second-declension adjective

1. trying, making attempts
2. trying here and there

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tentābundus	tentābunda	tentābundum		tentābundī	tentābundae	tentābunda
genitive	tentābundī	tentābundae	tentābundī		tentābundōrum	tentābundārum	tentābundōrum
dative	tentābundō	tentābundae	tentābundō		tentābundīs
accusative	tentābundum	tentābundam	tentābundum		tentābundōs	tentābundās	tentābunda
ablative	tentābundō	tentābundā	tentābundō		tentābundīs
vocative	tentābunde	tentābunda	tentābundum		tentābundī	tentābundae	tentābunda

References

• “tentabundus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• temptabundus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.