sollĭcĭtus (sōlĭcĭtus), a, um, adj. [sollus-cieo; cf. sollicito], thoroughly moved, agitated, disturbed.
I Of physical motion (poet. and rare).
1 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.—
2 Of the sea agitated by storms: ut mare sollicitum stridet, Verg. G. 4, 262. —
3 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.—
4 Sollicitum habere (cf. II. A. and B. infra), = sollicitare: omnes sollicitos habui, kept them busy , on the move , Ter. Heaut. 461 Donat. ad loc.
II Of mental affections, full of anxiety , excitement , distracted by cares , engaged , troubled , disturbed (opp. quietus).
A 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. 129: 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. —
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.,
1 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. Ach. 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.—
2 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. —
3 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.—
4 With pro : ne necesse sit unum sollicitum esse pro pluribus, Cic. Lael. 13, 45.—
5 With propter : sollicitus propter iniquitatem locorum, Liv. 38, 40, 9; 44, 3, 5 infra.—
6 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.—
7 With gen.: non sollicitus futuri, pendet (filius tuus mortuus), Sen. Cons. Marc. 19, 6.—
8 With dat. (late Lat.): ne solliciti sitis animae vestrae, neque corpori vestro, Vulg. Matt. 6, 25.—
9 With ex : ex hoc misera sollicita'st, diem Quia olim in hunc, etc., Ter. And. 268: haec turba sollicita ex temerariā regis fiduciā, Curt. 3, 1, 17.—
10 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.—
11 With interrog.-clause : solliciti erant quo evasura esset res, Liv. 30, 21 init. : quam sim sollicitus, quidnam futurum sit, Cic. Att. 8, 6, 3.—
C 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.—
D 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.—
E 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.—
F = sollicitatus (v. sollicito; poet.): solliciti jaceant terrāque premantur iniquā qui, etc., without repose , Ov. Am. 2, 16, 15.
III Of abstr. and inanim. things.
1 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 (9): fuga, Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 50: sedes, id. ib. 4, 1, 85: via, id. ib. 1, 11, 2: terrae, id. M. 15, 786.— Hence,
2 = 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.
IV 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.
V 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.).
1 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, Ap. Mag. p. 274, 35.— Sup. : urbis curam sollicitissime agere, Suet. Claud. 18.—
2 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.