tentatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

tentātĭo, ōnis, f. [tento]. *

I An attack : valetudinem tuam jam confirmatam esse et a vetere morbo et a novis tentationibus, gaudeo, Cic. Att. 10, 17, 2.—

II A trial , proof : perseverantiae, Liv. 4, 42, 4; 41, 23, 14.—

III Temptation (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Matt. 6, 13 et saep.