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|lshtext=<b>sollĭcĭtus</b>: (sōlĭcĭtus), a, um, adj. [[sollus]]-[[cieo]]; cf. [[sollicito]],<br /><b>I</b> [[thoroughly]] moved, agitated, disturbed.<br /><b>I</b> Of [[physical]] [[motion]] ([[poet]]. and [[rare]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As attrib. of [[motus]], [[restless]], [[unceasing]]: quae [[sollicito]] motu carerent, referring to the elements in [[constant]] [[motion]], as [[air]], [[water]], etc., Lucr. 1, 343: sic [[igitur]] [[penitus]] qui in ferro'st [[abditus]] aër Sollicito motu [[semper]] jactatur, i. e. an [[unceasing]] [[air]]-[[current]] [[within]] the [[iron]], to [[explain]] its [[attraction]] by the [[magnet]], id. 6, 1038.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of the [[sea]] agitated by storms: ut [[mare]] sollicitum stridet, Verg. G. 4, 262. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pregn., [[with]] the [[idea]] of [[distress]] (v. II. B.): utile sollicitae [[sidus]] utrumque rati, to a [[ship]] in [[distress]], Ov. F. 5, 720: sollicitae [[porro]] plenaeque sonoribus aures, agitated, vibrating (by [[disease]]), Lucr. 6, 1185: [[corpus]], Sen. Herc. Fur. 1299.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sollicitum habere (cf. II. A. and B. [[infra]]), = sollicitare: omnes sollicitos habui, kept [[them]] [[busy]], on the [[move]], Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 52 Donat. ad loc.<br /><b>II</b> Of [[mental]] affections, [[full]] of [[anxiety]], [[excitement]], [[distracted]] by cares, [[engaged]], [[troubled]], disturbed (opp. [[quietus]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of cares of [[business]]; esp. sollicitum habere, to [[keep]] [[busy]], [[engaged]] (Plaut. and Ter.): (clientes) qui [[neque]] leges colunt, [[neque]], etc., sollicitos patronos habent, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 12 Brix ad loc.; 4, 2, 21: quorum negotiis nos absentum sollicitae noctes et [[dies]] sumus [[semper]], id. Stich. 1, 1, 6: [[hem]], tot mea Solius solliciti sunt curā, of servants [[busy]] in attending [[their]] [[master]], Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 77: [[numquid]] vis? Py. Ne [[magis]] sim [[pulcer]] [[quam]] [[sum]]: ita me mea [[forma]] habet sollicitum, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 95; cf.: Hispaniae armis sollicitae, Sall. H. 1, 48 Dietsch. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of [[restlessness]] from [[fear]], [[suspense]], etc., [[full]] of [[anxiety]], agitated, alarmed, [[solicitous]], [[anxious]] (opp. [[securus]]; freq. and [[class]].): sollicitum habere, to [[fill]] [[with]] [[apprehension]] and [[fear]], [[keep]] in [[anxiety]]; constr.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: in quibus si non erunt [[insidiae]] ... [[animus]] [[tamen]] erit [[sollicitus]], Cic. Phil. 12, 11, 36: [[diutius]] videtur velle eos habere sollicitos a quibus se putat diuturnioribus esse molestiis conflictatum, id. Fam. 6, 13, 3: quae [[maxime]] angere [[atque]] sollicitam habere vestram aetatem videtur, id. Sen. 19, 66: sollicitum te habebat [[cogitatio]] periculi mei, id. Fam. 7, 3, 1; so id. Att. 2, 18, 1; id. Sest. 11, 25: initia rerum quae ... sollicitam Italiam habebant, Caes. B. C. 3, 22: cum [[satis]] per se ipsum Samnitium [[bellum]] et, ... sollicitos haberet patres, Liv. 8, 29, 1: solliciti et incerti rerum suarum Megaram referre signa jubent, id. 24, 23, 5: sollicitae ac suspensae civitati, id. 27, 50 med.: [[quid]] illis nos sollicitis ac pendentibus animi renuntiare jubetis, id. 7, 30, 22: sollicitae mentes, Ov. F 3, 362: [[pectus]], id. M. 2, 125: [[mens]], Curt. 4, 13, 2: animi, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 18: ego percussorem [[meum]] securum ambulare patiar, me [[sollicito]]? Sen. Clem. 1, 9, 4: [[sollicitus]] est et [[incertus]] sui quem [[spes]] [[aliqua]] proritat, id. Ep. 23, 2: ut [[sollicitus]] sim cum [[Saturnus]] et [[Mars]] ex [[contrario]] stabunt, alarmed, id. ib. 88, 14: fertur sollicitas tenuisse deas, kept [[them]] in [[anxious]] [[suspense]], Stat. Achill. 2, 338: [[nunc]] sollicitam [[timor]] [[anxius]] angit, Verg. A. 9, 89.—And opposed to [[securus]] and [[securitas]]: [[quid]] est turpius [[quam]] in ipso limine securitatis esse sollicitum? Sen. Ep. 22, 5: securo [[nihil]] est te pejus, [[eodem]] Sollicito [[nihil]] est te [[melius]], Mart. 4, 83, 1; so id. 5, 31, 8; Sen. Ep. 124, 19; Quint. 11, 3, 151; Tac. H. 4, 58.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With abl.: sollicitam mihi civitatem suspitione, suspensam metu ... tradidistis, Cic. Agr. 1, 8, 23: [[Sophocles]], ancipiti sententiarum eventu diu [[sollicitus]], Val. Max. 9, 12, 5 ext. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With de: [[sollicitus]] eram de rebus urbanis, Cic. Fam. 2, 12, 1: de tuā valetudine, id. ib. 16, 7, 1: sollicita [[civitas]] de Etruriae defectione fuit, Liv. 27, 21 med.: sollicitum te esse scribis de judicii eventu, Sen. Ep. 24, 1: desii jam de te esse [[sollicitus]], id. ib. 82, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With pro: ne [[necesse]] [[sit]] unum sollicitum esse pro pluribus, Cic. Lael. 13, 45.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[propter]]: [[sollicitus]] [[propter]] iniquitatem locorum, Liv. 38, 40, 9; 44, 3, 5 [[infra]].—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>6</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With adverb. acc. vicem, for the [[fate]] of: [[sollicito]] consuli et [[propter]] itineris difficultatem et eorum vicem, ... [[nuntius]] occurrit, Liv. 44, 3, 5: ut meam [[quoque]], non [[solum]] reipublicae vicem videretur [[sollicitus]], id. 28, 43, 9: [[clamor]] [[undique]] ab sollicitis vicem imperatoris militibus [[sublatus]], id. 28, 19, 17.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>7</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen.: non [[sollicitus]] futuri, pendet ([[filius]] [[tuus]] [[mortuus]]), Sen. Cons. Marc. 19, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>8</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With dat. ([[late]] Lat.): ne solliciti [[sitis]] animae vestrae, [[neque]] corpori vestro, Vulg. Matt. 6, 25.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>9</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ex: ex hoc misera sollicita'st, diem Quia [[olim]] in hunc, etc., Ter. And. 1, 5, 33: haec [[turba]] sollicita ex temerariā regis fiduciā, Curt. 3, 1, 17.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>10</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ne, [[like]] verbs of fearing: ([[mater]]) sollicita est ne eundem conspiciat, etc., Cic. Mur. 41, 88: legati Romanorum circuire urbes, solliciti ne Aetoli partis alicujus animos ad Antiochum avertissent, [[apprehensive]], Liv. 35, 31, 1: sollicitis populis ne suas operiant terras, Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 104: [[sollicitus]] [[Solon]], ne tacendo [[parum]] reipublicae consuleret, Just. 2, 7, 9; Front. Strat. 1, 1, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>11</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With interrog.-[[clause]]: solliciti erant quo evasura esset res, Liv. 30, 21 init.: [[quam]] sim [[sollicitus]], [[quidnam]] futurum [[sit]], Cic. Att. 8, 6, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> In gen., [[troubled]], disturbed, [[afflicted]], grieved; constr. absol., [[with]] abl. [[alone]], or [[with]] de: [[sollicitus]] mihi [[nescio]] quā re videtur, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 30: [[neque]] est consentaneum ullam honestam rem, ne [[sollicitus]] sis ... deponere, [[lest]] [[you]] be [[troubled]] by cares, Cic. Lael. 13, 47: [[vehementer]] te esse sollicitum et praecipuo quodam dolore angi, id. Fam. 4, 3, 1: [[vehementer]] populum sollicitum fuisse de P. Sullae morte, id. ib. 9, 10, 3: num eum [[postea]] censes [[anxio]] [[animo]] aut [[sollicito]] fuisse, [[afflicted]] by [[remorse]], id. Fin. 2, 17, 55: hoc [[genus]] omne Maestum ac sollicitum est cantoris morte Tigelli, Hor. S. 1, 2, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Excited, [[passionate]] ([[rare]]): qui, ut sint pudici, solliciti [[tamen]] et anxii sunt, Cic. Tusc. 4, 33, 70: [[atqui]] sollicitae [[nuntius]] hospitae, Suspirare Chloen .. Dicens, etc., Hor. C. 3, 7, 9; so, = [[avidus]], [[with]] gen. or de ([[poet]]. and [[post]]-[[class]].): hominem cuppedinis sollicitum, Lucr. 5, 46: de [[regno]] [[sollicitus]] ( = [[avidus]] regni potiundi), Just. 1, 10, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> Very [[careful]] for, concerned in, [[punctilious]], [[particular]] [[about]] ([[post]]-Aug.; freq.); constr. absol., [[with]] de, [[circa]], in, or obj.-inf.: ne [[decet]] [[quidem]], ubi maxima rerum monumenta versantur, de verbis esse sollicitum, Quint. 8, 3, 13: de quorum sumus judicio solliciti, for whose [[judgment]] we [[care]], id. 10, 7, 24: dixit [[Cicero]], non se de ingenii famā, sed de [[fide]] esse sollicitum, id. 11, 1, 74: nec [[sum]] in hoc [[sollicitus]], dum res ipsa appareat, id. 8, 4, 15: [[eloquentia]] non in verba sollicita, Sen. Ben. 7, 8, 2: si [[tamen]] contingere [[eloquentia]] non [[sollicito]] potest, id. Ep. 75, 5: [[cur]] abis, non [[sollicitus]] [[prodesse]] bonis, nocere malis? id. Hippol. 976; cf. in [[double]] [[sense]], Mart. 4, 83, 2 and 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>F</b> = sollicitatus (v. [[sollicito]]; [[poet]].): solliciti jaceant terrāque premantur iniquā qui, etc., [[without]] [[repose]], Ov. Am. 2, 16, 15.<br /><b>III</b> Of abstr. and inanim. things.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen., [[solicitous]], [[mournful]], [[full]] of or [[connected]] [[with]] cares and [[anxiety]], [[anxious]], disturbed ([[class]].; [[often]] approaching the signif. II.): [[scio]] [[quam]] timida [[sit]] [[ambitio]], et [[quam]] sollicita [[sit]] [[cupiditas]] consulatūs, [[how]] [[full]] of cares is the [[desire]] for the [[consulship]], Cic. Mil. 16, 42: id est proprium civitatis ut [[sit]] libera et non sollicita rei cujusque [[custodia]], i. e. [[that]] [[nobody]] be disturbed in the [[quiet]] [[possession]] of his [[property]], id. Off. 2, 22, 78: est [[enim]] [[metus]] futurae aegritudinis sollicita [[exspectatio]], id. Tusc. 5, 18, 52: [[quam]] [[sit]] [[omnis]] [[amor]] [[sollicitus]] et [[anxius]], fraught [[with]] [[solicitude]], id. Att. 2, 24, 1: [[assentior]], sollicitam et periculosam justitiam non esse sapientis, id. Fragm. Rep. ap. Prisc. p. 801 P. (Rep. 3, 27, 39): sollicitam lucem rapuisti Ciceroni, the [[mournful]] [[light]], i. e. [[life]], Vell. 2, 66: in [[sollicito]] civitatis statu, Quint. 6, 1, 16: [[Hermagoras]], vir diligentiae [[nimium]] sollicitae, evercareful, id. 3, 11, 22: sollicitum dicendi [[propositum]], [[anxiously]] [[accurate]], id. 11, 1, 32: sollicita parentis [[diligentia]], [[earnest]] [[care]], id. 6, prooem. 1; so id. 6, 12, 16: sollicitae actiones, [[carefully]] elaborated, id. 4, 1, 57: causae sollicitae (opp. securae), [[very]] [[doubtful]] cases, i. e. in [[which]] [[there]] is [[anxious]] [[suspense]] [[about]] the [[issue]], id. 11, 3, 151: captarum (ferarum) sollicita [[possessio]]; [[saepe]] [[enim]] laniant dominos, Sen. Vit. Beat. 14, 2: maxima quaeque bona sollicita sunt, id. ib. 17, 4; id. Ep. 14, 18: noctes, id. Ira, 2, 20, 1: [[tutela]], id. Cons. Marc. 11, 3: sollicitos fecisti, Romule, ludos, Ov. A. A. 1, 101: [[quisque]], sibi [[quid]] [[sit]] Utile, sollicitis supputat articulis, id. P. 2, 3, 18: [[sollicito]] carcere [[dignus]] eras, a [[prison]] [[carefully]] [[guarded]], id. Am. 1, 6, 64: Cressa ... [[sollicito]] revocavit Thesea filo, Stat. S. 2, 6, 26: [[pudor]], Mart. 11, 45, 7: [[amor]], Ov. H. 19 (18), 196: os, id. P. 4, 9, 130: [[frons]], Hor. C. 3, 29, 16: [[manus]], Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 2: [[preces]], id. P. 3, 1, 148: [[prex]], Hor. C. 1, 35, 5: [[vita]], id. S. 2, 6, 62: lux, Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 116: [[senecta]], id. M. 6, 500: libelli, Mart. 9, 58, 5: [[saccus]], id. 12, 60 b, 3: [[fuga]], Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 50: [[sedes]], id. ib. 4, 1, 85: via, id. ib. 1, 11, 2: terrae, id. M. 15, 786.— Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = sollicitum habens, [[that]] causes [[distress]], [[distressing]], [[trying]]: [[quid]] [[magis]] sollicitum dici potest, [[what]] [[more]] [[distressing]] [[fact]] can be mentioned? Cic. Mil. 2, 5: in quā (tyrannorum) vitā nulla ... potest esse [[fiducia]], omnia [[semper]] suspecta [[atque]] sollicita, causing [[alarm]], id. Lael. 15, 52: sollicitumque aliquid laetis intervenit, Ov. M. 7, 454: o mihi sollicitum [[decus]] ac suprema [[voluptas]], Stat. Th. 7, 363; so, [[opes]], Hor. S. 2, 6, 79: [[aurum]], Sen. Hippol. 519: pretia, id. Herc. Fur. 461: [[timor]] or [[metus]], Ov. H. 1, 12; 8, 76; 13, 124; id. P. 3, 2, 12; id. Tr. 3, 11, 10: [[cura]], id. P. 1, 5, 61; Sen. Thyest. 922: [[dolor]], Ov. A. A. 3, 374: [[taedium]], Hor. C. 1, 14, 17: [[fatum]], Ov. P. 4, 10, 11.<br /> Of animals ([[rare]]): sollicitum [[animal]] ([[canis]]) ad nocturnos [[strepitus]], [[very]] [[attentive]] to, i. e. [[watchful]], Liv. 5, 47, 3; so Ov. M. 11, 599: solliciti terrentur equi, id. F. 6, 741: [[lepus]], [[timid]], id. ib. 5, 372.<br /> Comp.: sollicitior ([[mostly]] [[post]]-Aug.; for [[which]] Cic. has [[magis]] [[sollicitus]]; v. III. 2. [[supra]]) [[homo]], Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3: nos [[circa]] lites raras sollicitiores, [[too]] [[particular]] [[about]], Quint. 7, 1, 43: sollicitior rei [[familiaris]] [[diligentia]], id. 12, 1, 6: innocentiam sollicitiore habituri [[loco]], Sen. Ben. 3, 13, 1: (pauperes) sollicitiores divitibus, id. Cons. Helv. 12, 1: [[quod]] est sollicitius, id. Tranq. 1, 15: qui non sollicitior de capitis sui [[decore]] [[sit]] [[quam]] de [[salute]], id. Brev. Vit. 12, 3: pro [[vobis]] sollicitior, Tac. H. 4, 58.—Sup. ([[post]]-Aug. and [[rare]]): illorum brevissima ac sollicitissima [[aetas]] est, Sen. Brev. Vit. 16, 1.—Adv.: sollĭcĭtē ([[post]]-Aug.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Carefully, [[punctiliously]], [[anxiously]]: [[vestis]] nec servata, nec sumenda [[sollicite]], Ser. Samm. ap. Sen. Tranq. 1, 5: in conviviis [[lingua]] [[sollicite]] [[etiam]] ebriis custodienda est, Sen. Clem. 1, 26, 2: recitare, Plin. Ep. 6, 15, 4: [[exspectatus]], Front. Strat. 3, 12, 1; id. Aquaed. 103: sollicitius et intentius, Plin. Ep. 1, 4, 2: custodiendus est [[honor]], id. ib. 1, 19, 4: cavere, App. Mag. p. 274, 35.—Sup.: urbis curam sollicitissime agere, Suet. Claud. 18.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[grief]], [[solicitude]] ([[class]].: [[sollicito]] [[animo]]): [[sollicite]] possidentur, [[their]] [[possession]] is [[connected]] [[with]] [[solicitude]], Sen. Ep. 76, 30: [[laetus]], Sil. 6, 572.—Sup., Sen. Ep. 93, 12.
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|gf=<b>sollĭcĭtus</b>,⁸ a, um ([[sollus]] et [[cieo]]), &#124;&#124; entièrement remué, agité ; <b> a)</b> sans cesse remué : [[sollicitus]] [[motus]] Lucr. 1, 343, mouvement sans repos, cf. Lucr. 6, 1038 ; <b> b)</b> [[mare]] sollicitum Virg. G. 4, 262, mer agitée ; sollicita [[ratis]] Ov. F. 5, 720, navire ballotté<br /><b>2</b> plein d’anxiété, de souci, troublé, inquiet, alarmé, agité : Cic. Phil. 12, 26, etc. ; sollicitum habere aliquem Cic. Sest. 25, tenir qqn dans l’inquiétude, donner de l’inquiétude à qqn, cf. Cic. Att. 2, 18, 1 ; CM 66 ; Cæs. C. 3, 22, 4 ; Liv. 8, 29, 1 &#124;&#124; de [[aliqua]] re Cic. Fam. 2, 11, 1, inquiet de, au sujet de qqch., cf. Cic. Cat. 4, 1 ; [[pro]] [[aliquo]] Cic. Læl. 45, pour qqn &#124;&#124; [[sollicitus]] futuri Sen. Marc. 19, 6, inquiet de l’avenir &#124;&#124; [avec ex ] Curt. 3, 1, 17, à la suite de &#124;&#124; [avec ne ] : [[mater]] sollicita [[est]], ne... conspiciat Cic. Mur. 88, la mère angoissée appréhende de voir, cf. Liv. 35, 31, 1 ; Plin. 11, 104 &#124;&#124; [avec interr. ind.] : [[sollicitus]] [[quidnam]] futurum sit Cic. Att. 8, 6, 3, inquiet de l’avenir, cf. Liv. 30, 21, 2<br /><b>3</b> [en parl. d’animaux] : [[sollicitus]] [[lepus]] Ov. F. 5, 372, le lièvre inquiet, craintif &#124;&#124; [[canis]] [[sollicitus]] ad nocturnos [[strepitus]] Liv. 5, 47, 3, le chien attentif aux bruits de la nuit<br /><b>4</b> [en parl. de choses] : sollicita [[est]] [[cupiditas]] [[consulatus]] Cic. Mil. 42, le désir du consulat [[est]] inquiet, comporte de l’inquiétude ; sollicita [[exspectatio]] Cic. Tusc. 5, 52, [[attente]] inquiète &#124;&#124; [[nemo]] [[sollicito]] bono fruitur Sen. Ep. 14, 18, on ne jouit pas d’un bien instable, qui cause des soucis ; [[omnia]] suspecta [[atque]] sollicita Cic. Læl. 52, tout [[est]] objet de soupçon et d’inquiétude, cf. Cic. Mil. 5 &#124;&#124; sollicitior Quint., Sen., Tac. ; -issimus Sen. Brev. 16, 1.
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