Conari

Conari is a Latin deponent verb meaning to try or to attempt. It is classified as a 1st-conjugation verb that, despite its passive-looking forms, carries active meaning. As a deponent, it uses middle-passive morphology in its tenses and moods.

The principal parts are conor, conari, conatus sum. From these, the full tense system is formed. Present indicative: conor, conaris, conatur, conamur, conamini, conantur. Imperfect: conabar, conabaris, conabatur, conabamur, conabamini, conabantur. Future: conabor, conaberis, conabitur, conabimur, conabimini, conabuntur. Perfect: conatus sum, conatus es, conatus est, conati sumus, conati estis, conati sunt. Pluperfect: conatus eram, conatus eras, conatus erat, conati eramus, conati eratis, conati erant. Future perfect: conatus ero, conatus eris, conatus erit, conati erimus, conati eritis, conati erunt. The present imperative forms are conare (singular) and conamini (plural). The infinitive is conari, with conatus as the perfect participle used in compound tenses.

Usage notes: conari is generally intransitive and takes an infinitive to express the act attempted, rather than a direct object. A common construction is fugere conatus est, “he attempted to flee.” It appears in classical authors such as Caesar, Cicero, and Livy and remains a standard example of a deponent verb in Latin grammar.