tempto

Catalan

Verb

tempto

1. first-person singular present indicative of temptar

Latin

Alternative forms

• tentō

Etymology

Probably from the iterative or frequentative suffix -tō attached to a base derived somehow from *ten- (“to stretch”). There is disagreement about the details: Lewis and Short derive it from tendō (“stretch, stretch out, extend”) (supine tentum) without explaining the origin of the version spelled with -mpt-, whereas De Vaan derives it from the hypothetical supine *temptum of an unattested verb meaning 'to touch, feel' built on *temp-, which can be interpreted as an extended form of *ten- (compare tempus, templum).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtemp.toː/, [ˈt̪ɛmpt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtemp.to/, [ˈt̪ɛmpt̪o]

Verb

temptō (present infinitive temptāre, perfect active temptāvī, supine temptātum); first conjugation

1. to test the strength; to make an attack upon

   Synonyms: invado, occurro, incurrō, concurro, aggredior, adorior, insto, peto, intrō, invado, adeo

2. to test

   Synonyms: periclitor, probō, experior, spectō, explōrō

3. to try, attempt

   Synonyms: certō, cōnor, perīclitor

4. to urge, incite, rouse

   Synonyms: inflammo, flammo, eccito, instinguo, instigo, excio

5. to handle, touch

   Synonyms: tango, contingo

Conjugation

Conjugation of temptō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	temptō	temptās	temptat	temptāmus	temptātis	temptant
	imperfect	temptābam	temptābās	temptābat	temptābāmus	temptābātis	temptābant
	future	temptābō	temptābis	temptābit	temptābimus	temptābitis	temptābunt
	perfect	temptāvī	temptāvistī	temptāvit	temptāvimus	temptāvistis	temptāvērunt, temptāvēre
	pluperfect	temptāveram	temptāverās	temptāverat	temptāverāmus	temptāverātis	temptāverant
	future perfect	temptāverō	temptāveris	temptāverit	temptāverimus	temptāveritis	temptāverint
passive	present	temptor	temptāris, temptāre	temptātur	temptāmur	temptāminī	temptantur
	imperfect	temptābar	temptābāris, temptābāre	temptābātur	temptābāmur	temptābāminī	temptābantur
	future	temptābor	temptāberis, temptābere	temptābitur	temptābimur	temptābiminī	temptābuntur
	perfect	temptātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	temptātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	temptātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	temptem	temptēs	temptet	temptēmus	temptētis	temptent
	imperfect	temptārem	temptārēs	temptāret	temptārēmus	temptārētis	temptārent
	perfect	temptāverim	temptāverīs	temptāverit	temptāverīmus	temptāverītis	temptāverint
	pluperfect	temptāvissem	temptāvissēs	temptāvisset	temptāvissēmus	temptāvissētis	temptāvissent
passive	present	tempter	temptēris, temptēre	temptētur	temptēmur	temptēminī	temptentur
	imperfect	temptārer	temptārēris, temptārēre	temptārētur	temptārēmur	temptārēminī	temptārentur
	perfect	temptātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	temptātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	temptā	—	—	temptāte	—
	future	—	temptātō	temptātō	—	temptātōte	temptantō
passive	present	—	temptāre	—	—	temptāminī	—
	future	—	temptātor	temptātor	—	—	temptantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		temptāre	temptāvisse	temptātūrum esse	temptārī	temptātum esse	temptātum īrī
participles		temptāns	—	temptātūrus	—	temptātus	temptandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		temptandī	temptandō	temptandum	temptandō	temptātum	temptātū

Derived terms

• attemptō
• pertemptō
• praetemptō
• retemptō
• temptatio

 

Descendants

• Asturian: tentar
• English: tempt
• French: tenter, tempter
  • → Romanian: tenta
• Friulian: tentâ
• Galician: tentar
• Italian: tentare
  • → Albanian: tentoj
• Old Occitan: temptar
  • Catalan: temptar
• Old Galician-Portuguese: tentar
  • Portuguese: tentar
• Sardinian: tentai, tentare, tenteare
• Sicilian: tintari
• Spanish: tentar
• Venetian: tantar

References

• “tempto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “tento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tempto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “temptō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 611