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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [atˈtɛmp.toː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [atˈtɛmp.to]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''attemptō''' (present infinitive attemptāre, perfect active attemptāvī, supine attemptātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|ad-|temptō|t2=to handle, try]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) It is also spelled [[m|la|adtemptō]] and [[attento|alt=attentō]], and the TLL notes that good manuscripts give the spelling with ⟨mpt⟩ more often.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Pacuvius, in a tragedy, asks what strange grief assails the mind, and Accius has a call to attack the Phrygians.^(TLL) Köbler dates Pacuvius 220–130 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to lay hands on, attack or assail, often with words such as ''insidiis'' or ''bello'', and of non-physical attacks, as Cicero of something attacked by a person's tongue.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) It meant to call in question by argument, as a will in Valerius Maximus, and to try to seduce or tamper with, as Cicero of loyalty undermined by artful speech.^(OLD 2012) It also meant to try or essay, as Daedalus teaching his son to try the paths of birds in Silius Italicus.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In medieval Latin it meant to try, test, put to the proof and undertake.^(MLW) English ''attempt'' came from Old French ''atempter'' in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius uses it of grief assailing the mind.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius uses it of attacking the Phrygians.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of tampering with loyalty.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''attempt'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To lay hands on, [[m|en|attack]], assail.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To call in question.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To try to [[m|en|seduce]], tamper with.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To try, [[m|en|attempt]], essay.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' To test, put to the proof; to undertake.^(MLW)
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[tempto]]
+ * [[en|attempt]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}