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7-letter words (3 found)

CONATUS,NOCTUAS,TOUCANS,

6-letter words (11 found)

ACTONS,CANTOS,CANTUS,COTANS,COUNTS,COUTAS,NOCTUA,OCTANS,TAUONS,TOUCAN,UNCAST,

5-letter words (39 found)

ACTON,ASCON,ASCOT,ASTUN,ATOCS,AUNTS,AUTOS,CANSO,CANST,CANTO,CANTS,COAST,COATS,CONUS,COSTA,COTAN,COUNT,COUTA,CUNTS,NUTSO,OCTAN,OCTAS,ONCUS,SANTO,SAUNT,SCANT,SCOUT,SCUTA,SNOUT,SOUCT,STAUN,STOUN,TACOS,TAUON,TONUS,TOUNS,TUANS,TUNAS,UNCOS,

4-letter words (56 found)

ACTS,ANTS,ANUS,ATOC,AUNT,AUTO,CANS,CANT,CAST,CATS,COAT,CONS,COST,COTS,CUNT,CUTS,NAOS,NATS,NOTA,NOUS,NOUT,NUTS,OAST,OATS,OCAS,OCTA,ONST,ONUS,OUST,OUTA,OUTS,SANT,SAUT,SCAN,SCAT,SCOT,SCUT,SNOT,SOCA,SOUT,STOA,STUN,TACO,TANS,TAOS,TAUS,TOCS,TONS,TOSA,TOUN,TUAN,TUNA,TUNS,UNCO,UNTO,UTAS,

3-letter words (40 found)

ACT,ANS,ANT,ATS,CAN,CAT,CON,COS,COT,CUT,NAS,NAT,NOS,NOT,NUS,NUT,OAT,OCA,ONS,OUS,OUT,SAC,SAN,SAT,SAU,SOC,SON,SOT,SOU,SUN,TAN,TAO,TAS,TAU,TOC,TON,TUN,UNS,UTA,UTS,

2-letter words (16 found)

AN,AS,AT,NA,NO,NU,ON,OS,OU,SO,ST,TA,TO,UN,US,UT,

You can make 165 words from conatus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of conatus

conatus

Etymology

From Latin cōnātus.

Pronunciation

singular
  • enPR: kōnāʹtəs
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəʊˈneɪ.təs/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /koʊˈneɪ.təs/
plural
  • enPR: kōnāʹto͞os
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəʊˈneɪtuːs/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /koʊˈneɪ.tus/

Noun

conatus (plural conatuses or conatus)

  1. An effort, an endeavour, a striving.
  2. A force or impulse; a nisus.

Related terms

  • conation
  • conative

Further reading

  • conatus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • co-aunts, toucans, uncoats

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /koːˈnaː.tus/, [koːˈnäːt̪ʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /koˈna.tus/, [koˈnäːt̪us]

Etymology 1

Perfect active participle of cōnor (“try, attempt”).

Participle

cōnātus (feminine cōnāta, neuter cōnātum); first/second-declension participle

  1. tried, attempted, having tried.
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Etymology 2

From cōnor (“try, attempt”) +‎ -tus.

Noun

cōnātus m (genitive cōnātūs); fourth declension

  1. attempt, effort, exertion, struggle
    Synonyms: studium, opus, opera, labor, cūra, intēnsiō, mōlīmen, mōlēs, pulvis
Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Descendants
  • English: conatus
  • Italian: conato
  • Spanish: conato

References

  • “conatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “conatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • conatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • conatus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Source: wiktionary.org