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 Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛmp.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ɛmp.t̪o]

Verb

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

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

   Synonyms: invādō, occurrō, incurrō, concurrō, aggredior, adorior, īnstō, petō, intrō, invādō, adeō

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		temptāre			temptārī			temptāns			—
future		temptātūrum esse			temptātum īrī			temptātūrus			temptandus
perfect		temptāvisse			temptātum esse			—			temptātus
future perfect		—			temptātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		temptātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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
• Venetan: 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