conor

See also: Conor

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kōnāō, from Proto-Indo-European *kona, from root *ken- (“to set oneself in motion”). How the verb's active voice virtually vanished remains unknown.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkoː.nor/, [ˈkoːnɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.nor/, [ˈkɔːnor]

Verb

cōnor (present infinitive cōnārī, perfect active cōnātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to try, attempt

   Synonyms: certō, temptō, perīclitor

Conjugation

Conjugation of cōnor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnor	cōnāris, cōnāre	cōnātur	cōnāmur	cōnāminī	cōnantur
	imperfect	cōnābar	cōnābāris, cōnābāre	cōnābātur	cōnābāmur	cōnābāminī	cōnābantur
	future	cōnābor	cōnāberis, cōnābere	cōnābitur	cōnābimur	cōnābiminī	cōnābuntur
	perfect	cōnātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōner	cōnēris, cōnēre	cōnētur	cōnēmur	cōnēminī	cōnentur
	imperfect	cōnārer	cōnārēris, cōnārēre	cōnārētur	cōnārēmur	cōnārēminī	cōnārentur
	perfect	cōnātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cōnāre	—	—	cōnāminī	—
	future	—	cōnātor	cōnātor	—	—	cōnantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cōnārī	cōnātum esse	cōnātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		cōnāns	cōnātus	cōnātūrus	—	—	cōnandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cōnandī	cōnandō	cōnandum	cōnandō	cōnātum	cōnātū

Derived terms

• cōnābilis
• cōnāmen
• cōnātiō
• cōnātum
• cōnātus

References

• “conor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “conor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• conor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.