A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

tentans,-antis (part.B) touching, handling; attempting (with acc., and with inf.[> L. tento,-avi,-atum 1, to touch, handle, feel something; to put to the test, to prove; to attempt a course of action]; syn. tangens,-entis (part.B), q.v., tractans,-antis (part.B), q.v.; see touching;

- hyphis ex cute erumpere tentantibus, with the hyphae attempting to burst through the cutis.

- cirrus tangere ramos tentans, a tendril attempting to touch the branches.

tentasse: perfect active infinitive of tento: to have tested, proven;

- [A Lichen: Lichenoides digitatum cinereum] Rich. Mead, Archiatrus, retulit mihi, omnigena se in praxi sua locupletissima tentasse medicamina, ad canis rabidi morsus symptomata praecavenda, Richard Mead, Court Physician, has reported to me, that he, in his own practice, has put to the test the most reliable medicines [remedies] of every kind, for guarding against the symptoms for the bite of a rabid dog.