suspĭcax, ācis, adj. [suspicor], apt to suspect, distrustful, suspicious.
I Lit. (very rare): populus suspicax ob eamque rem mobilis, Nep. Timo th. 3, 5: frater, Liv. 40, 14: animus alicujus, Tac. A. 1, 13.—
II Transf., that excites mistrust , suspicious : silentium, Tac. A. 3, 11 fin. ; Sen. Ira, 2, 29, 2 (dub.; bracketed by Haase).