tempto Latin · revision 4994

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈtɛmp.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈtɛmp.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''temptō''' (present infinitive temptāre, perfect active temptāvī, supine temptātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelt ''tentō''.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is probably an iterative from a participle *tempto- “touched”, from a verb “to touch, feel”, perhaps the root [[ine-pro|*temp-|t=to stretch]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Etymonline) Lewis and Short derived it from [[tendō]] “to stretch”, and the Oxford Latin Dictionary compares [[lt|tim̃pinti|t=to feel one's way]].^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012) [[templum]] may be from the same root.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus uses it: “feel wherever you like”.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it was to handle or feel, as Cicero's testing the water with one's foot, to test or probe, and to sound out a person's feelings.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It was to try or attempt, to attack or assail, and to urge, rouse or tempt someone.^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)

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+ English ''tempt'' comes from it, first used of the devil and the flesh enticing to sin.^(Etymonline) Its compound ''attemptāre'' “to try, attack” gave English ''attempt''.^(Etymonline) It survives as [[it|tentare]], [[fr|tenter]] and [[es|tentar]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius uses ''attemptāre''.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1200 – English ''tempt'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

+ * late 14th century – English ''attempt'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To handle, [[m|en|feel]], touch.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To test, probe; to sound out (a person).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To try, [[m|en|attempt]].^(Wiktionary)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # To attack, assail.^(Wiktionary)

+ # To urge, rouse; to [[m|en|tempt]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[attemptō]]

+ * [[intemptātus]]

+ * [[pertemptō]]

+ * [[praetemptō]]

+ * [[retemptō]]

+ * [[temptābundus]]

+ * [[temptāmen]]

+ * [[temptāmentum]]

+ * [[temptātiō]]

+ * [[temptātor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pedetemptim]]

+ * [[templum]]

+ * [[en|tempt]]

+ * [[en|attempt]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}