From Proto-Italic *kōnāō, from Proto-Indo-European *kona, from root *ken- (“to set oneself in motion”). How the verb's active voice virtually vanished remains unknown.
cōnor (present infinitive cōnārī, perfect active cōnātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | cōnor | cōnāris, cōnāre |
cōnātur | cōnāmur | cōnāminī | cōnantur |
| imperfect | cōnābar | cōnābāris, cōnābāre |
cōnābātur | cōnābāmur | cōnābāminī | cōnābantur | |
| future | cōnābor | cōnāberis, cōnābere |
cōnābitur | cōnābimur | cōnābiminī | cōnābuntur | |
| perfect | cōnātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | cōnātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | cōnātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | cōner | cōnēris, cōnēre |
cōnētur | cōnēmur | cōnēminī | cōnentur |
| imperfect | cōnārer | cōnārēris, cōnārēre |
cōnārētur | cōnārēmur | cōnārēminī | cōnārentur | |
| perfect | cōnātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | cōnātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | cōnāre | — | — | cōnāminī | — |
| future | — | cōnātor | cōnātor | — | — | cōnantor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | cōnārī | cōnātum esse | cōnātūrum esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | cōnāns | cōnātus | cōnātūrus | — | — | cōnandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| cōnandī | cōnandō | cōnandum | cōnandō | cōnātum | cōnātū | ||