attento

From Latin attentus.

• IPA^(key): /atˈtɛn.to/^[1]

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• Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: at‧tèn‧to

attento (feminine attenta, masculine plural attenti, feminine plural attente, superlative attentissimo)

1. careful, close, focusing
2. attentive, intent, watchful, alert
3. mindful, heedful

attento

1. watch out!; look out!; take care!; mind!; careful!; be careful
2. caution

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /atˈtɛn.to/, /atˈten.to/^[1]

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• Rhymes: -ɛnto, -ento
• Hyphenation: at‧tèn‧to, at‧tén‧to

attento

1. first-person singular present indicative of attentare

• nettato, nottate, ottante, tentato, tettona

• adtemptō, adtentō, attemptō

From ad- + tentō (“handle, touch”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [atˈtɛn.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [atˈtɛn.to]

attentō (present infinitive attentāre, perfect active attentāvī, supine attentātum); first conjugation

1. to strive after, attempt, try, assay, solicit
2. to assail, attack
3. to seek to defile or pollute

• attentātiō

• “attento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “attento”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “attento”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

attento

1. first-person singular present indicative of attentar