tempto

Catalan

Verb

tempto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of temptar

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from the iterative or frequentative suffix -tō attached to a base derived somehow from *ten- (“to stretch”). There is disagreement about the details: Lewis and Short derive it from tendō (“stretch, stretch out, extend”) (supine tentum) without explaining the origin of the version spelled with -mpt-, whereas De Vaan derives it from the hypothetical supine *temptum of an unattested verb meaning 'to touch, feel' built on *temp-, which can be interpreted as an extended form of *ten- (compare tempus, templum).

Pronunciation

Verb

temptō (present infinitive temptāre, perfect active temptāvī, supine temptātum); first conjugation

  1. to test the strength; to make an attack upon
    Synonyms: invādō, occurrō, incurrō, concurrō, aggredior, adorior, īnstō, petō, intrō, invādō, adeō
  2. to test
    Synonyms: periclitor, probō, experior, spectō, explōrō
  3. to try, attempt
    Synonyms: certō, cōnor, perīclitor
  4. to urge, incite, rouse
    Synonyms: inflammo, flammo, eccito, instinguo, instigo, excio
  5. to handle, touch
    Synonyms: tango, contingo

Conjugation

   Conjugation of temptō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present temptō temptās temptat temptāmus temptātis temptant
imperfect temptābam temptābās temptābat temptābāmus temptābātis temptābant
future temptābō temptābis temptābit temptābimus temptābitis temptābunt
perfect temptāvī temptāvistī temptāvit temptāvimus temptāvistis temptāvērunt,
temptāvēre
pluperfect temptāveram temptāverās temptāverat temptāverāmus temptāverātis temptāverant
future perfect temptāverō temptāveris temptāverit temptāverimus temptāveritis temptāverint
passive present temptor temptāris,
temptāre 		temptātur temptāmur temptāminī temptantur
imperfect temptābar temptābāris,
temptābāre 		temptābātur temptābāmur temptābāminī temptābantur
future temptābor temptāberis,
temptābere 		temptābitur temptābimur temptābiminī temptābuntur
perfect temptātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect temptātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect temptātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present temptem temptēs temptet temptēmus temptētis temptent
imperfect temptārem temptārēs temptāret temptārēmus temptārētis temptārent
perfect temptāverim temptāverīs temptāverit temptāverīmus temptāverītis temptāverint
pluperfect temptāvissem temptāvissēs temptāvisset temptāvissēmus temptāvissētis temptāvissent
passive present tempter temptēris,
temptēre 		temptētur temptēmur temptēminī temptentur
imperfect temptārer temptārēris,
temptārēre 		temptārētur temptārēmur temptārēminī temptārentur
perfect temptātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect temptātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — temptā — — temptāte —
future — temptātō temptātō — temptātōte temptantō
passive present — temptāre — — temptāminī —
future — temptātor temptātor — — temptantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present temptāre temptārī temptāns —
future temptātūrum esse temptātum īrī temptātūrus temptandus
perfect temptāvisse temptātum esse — temptātus
future perfect — temptātum fore — —
perfect potential temptātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
temptandī temptandō temptandum temptandō temptātum temptātū

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Asturian: tentar
  • English: tempt
  • French: tenter, tempter
  • Friulian: tentâ
  • Galician: tentar
  • Italian: tentare
  • Old Occitan: temptar
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: tentar
  • Sardinian: tentai, tentare, tenteare
  • Sicilian: tintari
  • Spanish: tentar
  • Venetan: tantar

References

  • “tempto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “tento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tempto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “temptō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 611
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