CONATUS

Definition: CONATUS

CONATUS

Noun

1. A natural tendency inherent in a body to develop itself; an attempt; an effort.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "CONATUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1660. (references)

Etymology: Conatus \Co*na"tus\, noun. [Latin expression, from conatus, past participle of conari to attempt.]. (references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Tendency	Noun: tendency; aptness, proneness, proclivity, bent, turn, tone, bias, set, leaning to, predisposition, inclination, propensity, susceptibility; conatus, nisus; liability; quality, nature, temperament; idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy; cast, vein, grain; humor, mood; drift; (direction); conduciveness, conducement; applicability; (utility); subservience; (instrumentality).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: CONATUS

Etymologies containing "CONATUS": Conative. (references)

Non-English Usage: "CONATUS" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (attempt, design, effort, effort / undertaking / impulse, endeavor, exert oneself, exertion, impulse, inclination, make an effort, rise, speak, struggle, tendency, try, try to go).

Domain	Title
Books	Conatus (reference) (more book examples)
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"CONATUS" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "CONATUS" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	3	202,518

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language	Date	Source	Acts Chapter 24, Verse 6
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	OV kai to ieron epeirasen bebhlwsai on kai ekrathsamen kai kata ton hmeteron nomon hqelhsamen krinein
Latin	405	Vulgate	Qui etiam templum violare conatus est quem et adprehendimus
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Whom also we token, and wolden deme, after oure lawe.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And hath also enforsed to pollute the temple. Whom we toke and wolde have iudged acordinge to oure lawe:
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Who, in addition, was attempting to make the Temple unclean: whom we took,
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Acts Chapter 24, Verse 6
Albanian	Ai, madje, u përpoq të përdhosë tempullin; dhe ne e zumë dhe deshëm ta gjykonim sipas ligjit tonë.
Cebuano	Ug misulay gayud gani siya sa pagpasipala sa templo, apan gidakop namo siya. Ug amo na unta siyang hukman subay sa among kasugoan.
Croatian	da je èak i Hram pokušao oskvrnuti pa ga uhitismo.
Danish	ja, han har endog forsøgt at vanhellige Helligdommen. Vi grebe ham da også og vilde have dømt ham efter vor Lov.
Dutch	Die ook gepoogd heeft den tempel te ontheiligen, welken wij ook gegrepen hebben, en naar onze wet hebben willen oordelen.
Finnish	ja hän on koettanut pyhäkönkin saastuttaa. Sentähden me otimme hänet kiinni.
French	et qui même a tenté de profaner le temple. Et nous l`avons arrêté. Nous avons voulu le juger selon notre loi;
German	der auch versucht hat, den Tempel zu entweihen; welchen wir auch griffen und wollten ihn gerichtet haben nach unserem Gesetz.
Haitian Creole	Li menm seye derespekte tanp lan. Lè nou wè sa, nou arete l'. Nou te vle jije l' dapre Lalwa nou an.
Hungarian	Ki a templomot is meg akarta fertõztetni. Meg is fogtuk õt, és a mi törvényünk szerint akartuk megítélni.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	yang juga sudah mencoba menajiskan Bait Allah; tetapi hamba sekalian memegangkan dia, serta hendak menghukumkan dia menurut hukum hamba sekalian;
Italian	Ha perfino tentato di profanare il tempio e noi l'abbiamo arrestato.
Maori	I mea hoki ia kia whakanoatia te temepara: na ka hopu matou i a ia, ka mea kia whakawakia ia ki ta to matou ture i whakatakoto ai.
Norwegian	han har endog søkt å vanhellige templet. Vi grep ham derfor og vilde dømme ham efter vår lov;
Rumanian	wi a cercat sq spurce chiar wi Templul. Wi am pus mknq pe el. Am vrut sq -l judecqm dupq Legea noastrq:
Russian	ЛПФПТЩК ПФЧБЦЙМУС �"БЦЕ ПУЛЧЕТОЙФШ ИТБН, НЩ ЧЪСМЙ ЕЗП Й ИПФЕМЙ УХ�"ЙФШ ЕЗП � П ОБЫЕНХ ЪБЛПОХ.
Shuar	Nú arantcha Yusa Uunt Jeen yajauch awajsataj tusa pujuru Wáinkiar achikmaji. Ii uuntri tana nujai métek Asutiátai tusar wakerimji.
Swahili	Tena alijaribu kulikufuru Hekalu nasi tukamtia nguvuni. Kama ukimhoji wewe mwenyewe, utaweza kubainisha mambo haya yote tunayomshtaki kwayo."fc
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Misspellings
	"CONATUS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cantamus, canutus, ceonothus, Cnaeus, conat, connatus, Cornabus, cornutus, Cunoarus, donatus, zonatus. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "CONATUS" (pronounced 'Co*na"tus'): Afflatus, Ailantus, Alto-stratus, Amotus, Asphaltus, Attritus, Benedictus, Boletus, Cactus, Cognatus, Conspectus, Cumu-cirro-stratus, Delectus, fetus, ictus, Leptus, Literatus, Mallotus, meatus, Notus, Pectus, Pericarditus, Plutus, Productus, Prospectus, Pruritus, Quietus, rectus, rictus, Salaeratus, Sanctus, Scorbutus, singultus, Situs, status, Subsultus, tinnitus, Vermetus, Victus. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: toucans.
	Words within the letters "a-c-n-o-s-t-u"
	-1 letter: cantos, cantus, cotans, counts, octans, toucan.
	-2 letters: ascot, aunts, autos, canso, canst, canto, cants, coast, coats, conus, costa, cotan, count, octan, santo, scant, scout, scuta, snout, tacos, tonus, tunas, uncos.
	-3 letters: acts, ants, anus, aunt, auto, cans, cant, cast, cats, coat, cons, cost, cots, cuts, naos, nota, nous, nuts, oast, oats, ocas, onus.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-n-o-s-t-u"
	+1 letter: accounts, auctions, cautions, courants, osculant.
	+2 letters: aconitums, calutrons, causation, ceanothus, cocoanuts, consulate, coruscant, cosmonaut, cotqueans, countians, courantes, courantos, courtesan, custodian, cutaneous, nectarous, obscurant, occupants, oceanauts, outdances, outrances, suctional, suctorian, tenacious, turncoats.
	+3 letters: abductions, accusation, actuations, adductions, cantaloups, catamounts, causations, coagulants, coetaneous, conjugants, conjugates, consulates, consultant, consummate, contagious, convulsant, cosmonauts, courantoes, courtesans, custodians, educations, furcations, gluconates, headcounts, incautions, incautious, incubators, inoculants, inoculates, inosculate, insouciant, nucleators, obscurants, osculating, osculation, postlaunch, postulancy, raconteurs, soundtrack, suctorians, ultrasonic, unactorish, undercoats.
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