conor Latin · revision 17991

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=inherited|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkoː.nɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkɔː.nor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōnor''' (present infinitive cōnārī, perfect active cōnātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ De Vaan reconstructs [[inh|itc-pro|*kōnāje/o-|t=to attempt]] and tentatively derives it from [[ine-pro|*ḱōn-|t=ascent]];^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Isebaert reconstructs ⟨*kōn-eh₂ie-⟩, and the LIV reconstructs ⟨*kṓnh₁-ie-⟩, a type of present de Vaan doubts.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognates may include [[cy|digawn|t=is able]], [[ae|āsənaoiti|t=ascends]] and [[grc|ἐγκονέω|tr=enkonéō|t=to be quick and active]], with [[grc|διάκονος|tr=diákonos|t=servant]].^(de Vaan 2008) The OLD suggests ⟨con-⟩ + ⟨*snā-⟩, comparing [[hit|šanḫ-|t=to attempt]];^(OLD 2012) the TLL calls the origin uncertain.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008) Ennius has ''deumque dē cōnsiliō hoc itiner crēdō cōnātum'', “I believe this journey was undertaken on the gods' advice”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Cōnārī'' is “to make an effort, exert oneself” (Terence: ''cōnārī manibus pedibus noctēsque et diēs'', “to strain hand and foot, night and day”), and with an object or infinitive “to attempt, try”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Used without an object it can mean “to try to go”, “to try to rise” or “to try to speak”.^(OLD 2012) L&S set it against ''facere'' and ''perficere'', doing and finishing.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “to try, endeavor”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius: ''hoc itiner … cōnātum''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence: ''cōnārī manibus pedibus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To make an effort, [[m|en|exert]] oneself.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To [[m|en|attempt]], [[m|en|endeavour]], try.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To try to go, rise or speak (without an object).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cōnābilis]]

+ * [[cōnāmen]]

+ * [[cōnātiō]]

+ * [[cōnātum]]

+ * [[cōnātus]]

+ * [[percōnor]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein contrasts ''[[audeō|alt=audēre]]'', which looks at the danger of an enterprise and the courage it needs, with ''cōnārī'', which looks at its importance and the energy put into it.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}