conatus
Example Sentences
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Ille stolide perrexerunt ad dicunt quod "illi conatus defecerint."
From Slate • Feb. 11, 2013
Ter conatus ibi collo dare bracchia circum, Ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago.
From The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry by Austin, Alfred
The first production from these earthy matters, while they were still new and in their simple state, was production of seed; the first conatus therein could not be any other.
From Angelic Wisdom Concerning the Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom by Ager, John
M. Manlius, unde Gallos depulerat, inde ipse praecipitatus est, quia fortiter defensam libertatem nefarie opprimere conatus fuerat.
From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund
That this is so may still seem doubtful, because not illustrated by applications to sensible and perceptible things in nature; nevertheless, such is the progression of conatus, force, and motion into power.
From Angelic Wisdom Concerning the Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom by Ager, John
