conatio

== Latin == === Etymology === From cōnor (“to attempt, try”) + -tiō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [koːˈnaː.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [koˈnat.t͡si.o] === Noun === cōnātiō f (genitive cōnātiōnis); third declension The act of undertaking or endeavouring; effort, endeavour, attempt. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== 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, 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.