tentamentum

tentāmentum, i, n. [id.], a trial, proof essay, attempt ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; usu. in plur.).

(α).

In plur.:

mortalia Tentamenta,

Ov. M. 15, 629:

fide (i. e. fidei),

id. ib. 7, 728:

tui,

Verg. A. 8, 144:

civilium bellorum,

Tac. H. 2, 38.—

(β).

In sing.:

tentamenti gratiā,

Gell. 9, 15, 6:

tentamento frustrati,

Amm. 24, 2, 4 al.