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Conatus   Listen
noun
Conatus  n.  A natural tendency inherent in a body to develop itself; an attempt; an effort. "What conatus could give prickles to the porcupine or hedgehog, or to the sheep its fleece?"






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"Conatus" Quotes from Famous Books



... inde ipse praecipitatus est, quia fortiter defensam libertatem nefarie opprimere conatus fuerat. Cuius iustae ultionis nimirum haec praefatio fuit: 'Manlius eras {15} mihi, cum praecipites agebas Senones; postquam imitari coepisti, unus factus es ex Senonibus.' Huius supplicio aeternae memoriae nota inserta est: propter illum enim lege sanciri placuit ne quis patricius ...
— Helps to Latin Translation at Sight • Edmund Luce



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