tempto.
to test the strength; to make an attack upon
Meaning & usage
to test the strength; to make an attack upon
to test
to try, attempt
to urge, incite, rouse
to handle, touch
Where this word comes from
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 perfect passive participle *t(e)mpto- of an unattested verb meaning 'to touch, feel' built on Proto-Indo-European *temp-, which can be interpreted as an extended form of *ten- (compare tempus, templum). Compare pedetemptim and its variant pedetentim.
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