(adjective) : sollĭcĭtus (sōlĭcĭtus), a, um, sollus-cieo; cf. sollicito
* Thoroughly moved, agitated, disturbed.
* Of physical motion (poet. and rare).
* 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.
* Of mental affections, full of anxiety, excitement, distracted by cares, engaged, troubled, disturbed (opp. quietus).
* 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.
* = sollicitatus (v. sollicito; poet.): solliciti jaceant terrāque premantur iniquā qui, etc.,without repose,Ov. Am. 2, 16, 15.
* Of abstr. and inanim. things.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.).
* 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.
* 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.
* With propter: sollicitus propter iniquitatem locorum, Liv. 38, 40, 9; 44, 3, 5 infra.
* 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.
* With gen.: non sollicitus futuri, pendet (filius tuus mortuus),Sen. Cons. Marc. 19, 6.
* With dat. (late Lat.): ne solliciti sitis animae vestrae, neque corpori vestro,Vulg. Matt. 6, 25.
* 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.
* 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.
* With interrog.-clause: solliciti erant quo evasura esset res,Liv. 30, 21 init.: quam sim sollicitus, quidnam futurum sit,Cic. Att. 8, 6, 3.
* 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
* = 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.
* 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.
* 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.