to be distressed

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af-flīgo (better adf-), ixi, ictum, 3, v. a. (afflixint = afflixerint, Front. ad M. Caes. 3, 3).

Lit., to strike or beat a thing to some point, to cast or throw down or against, to dash, somewhere by striking; esp. of ships which are driven or cast away by the wind. —Constr. with ad or dat.:

te ad terram, scelus, adfligam,

I will dash thee to the earth, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 15, and id. Rud. 4, 3, 71:

nolo equidem te adfligi,

id. Most. 1, 4, 19:

statuam,

to throw down, overthrow, Cic. Pis. 38; so,

monumentum,

id. Cael. 32: domum, id. pro Dom. 40: (alces) si quo adflictae casu conciderint, Caes. B. G. 6, 27:

infirmas arbores pondere adfligunt,

id. ib.:

tempestas naves Rhodias adflixit, ita ut, etc.,

dashed them about, shattered them, id. B. C. 3, 27.—So in descriptions of a battle:

equi atque viri adflicti, etc.,

Sall. J.101,11:

ubi scalae comminutae, qui supersteterant, adflicti sunt,

were thrown down, id. ib. 60, 7:

ubi Mars communis et victum saepe erigeret et adfligeret victorem,

Liv. 28, 19:

imaginem solo,

Tac. H. 1, 41:

caput saxo,

to dash against, id. A. 4, 45:

aquila duos corvos adflixit et ad terram dedit,

Suet. Aug. 96 Ruhnk.; so id. Dom. 23.— Poet., Ov. M. 12, 139; 14, 206; Sil. 9, 631.—

Fig.

To ruin, weaken, cast down, prostrate: cum prospero flatu ejus (fortunae) utimur, ad exitus pervehimur optatos;

et cum reflavit, adfligimur,

Cic. Off. 2, 6:

virtus nostra nos adflixit,

has ruined, id. Fam. 14, 4; id. Sest. 7:

Pompeius ipse se adflixit,

id. Att. 2, 19:

senectus enervat et adfligit homines,

id. Sen. 70:

opes hostium,

Liv. 2, 16:

aliquem bello,

id. 28, 39:

Othonianas partes,

Tac. H. 2, 33:

amicitias,

Suet. Tib. 51; so id. Aug. 66 et saep.—

To reduce, lower, or lessen in value (syn. minuo):

hoc oratoris esse maxime proprium, rem augere posse laudando, vituperandoque rursus adfligere,

to bring down, Cic. Brut. 12.— Trop., of courage, to cast down, dishearten, to diminish, lessen, impair:

animos adfligere et debilitare metu,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34.—

Adfligere causam susceptam, to let a lawsuit which has been undertaken fall through, to give up, abandon, Cic. Sest. 41, 89.—Hence, afflictus ( adf-), a, um, P. a.

Cast down, ill used, wretched, miserable, unfortunate, distressed; lit. and trop.:

naves,

damaged, shattered, Caes. B. G. 4, 31:

Graecia perculsa et adflicta et perdita,

Cic. Fl. 7:

ab adflictā amicitiā transfugere et ad florentem aliam devolare,

id. Quint. 30:

non integra fortuna, at adflicta,

id. Sull. 31:

adflictum erigere,

id. Imp. Pomp. 29.— Comp.:

adflictiore condicione esse,

id. Fam. 6,1;

hence: res adflictae (like accisae and adfectae),

disordered, embarrassed, ruined circumstances, affairs in a bad state, ill condition, Sall. J. 76, 6; so Luc. 1, 496; Just. 4, 5:

copiae,

Suet. Oth. 9.—

Fig.

Of the mind: cast down, dejected, discouraged, desponding:

aegritudine adflictus, debilitatus, jacens,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 16:

luctu,

id. Phil. 9, 5:

maerore,

id. Cat. 2, 1:

adflictus vitam in tenebris luctuque trahebam,

Verg. A. 2, 92; Suet. Oth. 9.—

Of character, like abjectus, abandoned, outcast, depraved, low, mean, base, vile:

homo adflictus et perditus,

Cic. Phil. 3, 10:

nemo tam adflictis est moribus, quin, etc.,

Macr. S. 6, 7.— Sup. and adv. not used.

af-flīgo (better adf-), ixi, ictum, 3, v. a. (afflixint = afflixerint, Front. ad M. Caes. 3, 3).

Lit., to strike or beat a thing to some point, to cast or throw down or against, to dash, somewhere by striking; esp. of ships which are driven or cast away by the wind. —Constr. with ad or dat.:

te ad terram, scelus, adfligam,

I will dash thee to the earth, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 15, and id. Rud. 4, 3, 71:

nolo equidem te adfligi,

id. Most. 1, 4, 19:

statuam,

to throw down, overthrow, Cic. Pis. 38; so,

monumentum,

id. Cael. 32: domum, id. pro Dom. 40: (alces) si quo adflictae casu conciderint, Caes. B. G. 6, 27:

infirmas arbores pondere adfligunt,

id. ib.:

tempestas naves Rhodias adflixit, ita ut, etc.,

dashed them about, shattered them, id. B. C. 3, 27.—So in descriptions of a battle:

equi atque viri adflicti, etc.,

Sall. J.101,11:

ubi scalae comminutae, qui supersteterant, adflicti sunt,

were thrown down, id. ib. 60, 7:

ubi Mars communis et victum saepe erigeret et adfligeret victorem,

Liv. 28, 19:

imaginem solo,

Tac. H. 1, 41:

caput saxo,

to dash against, id. A. 4, 45:

aquila duos corvos adflixit et ad terram dedit,

Suet. Aug. 96 Ruhnk.; so id. Dom. 23.— Poet., Ov. M. 12, 139; 14, 206; Sil. 9, 631.—

Fig.

To ruin, weaken, cast down, prostrate: cum prospero flatu ejus (fortunae) utimur, ad exitus pervehimur optatos;

et cum reflavit, adfligimur,

Cic. Off. 2, 6:

virtus nostra nos adflixit,

has ruined, id. Fam. 14, 4; id. Sest. 7:

Pompeius ipse se adflixit,

id. Att. 2, 19:

senectus enervat et adfligit homines,

id. Sen. 70:

opes hostium,

Liv. 2, 16:

aliquem bello,

id. 28, 39:

Othonianas partes,

Tac. H. 2, 33:

amicitias,

Suet. Tib. 51; so id. Aug. 66 et saep.—

To reduce, lower, or lessen in value (syn. minuo):

hoc oratoris esse maxime proprium, rem augere posse laudando, vituperandoque rursus adfligere,

to bring down, Cic. Brut. 12.— Trop., of courage, to cast down, dishearten, to diminish, lessen, impair:

animos adfligere et debilitare metu,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34.—

Adfligere causam susceptam, to let a lawsuit which has been undertaken fall through, to give up, abandon, Cic. Sest. 41, 89.—Hence, afflictus ( adf-), a, um, P. a.

Cast down, ill used, wretched, miserable, unfortunate, distressed; lit. and trop.:

naves,

damaged, shattered, Caes. B. G. 4, 31:

Graecia perculsa et adflicta et perdita,

Cic. Fl. 7:

ab adflictā amicitiā transfugere et ad florentem aliam devolare,

id. Quint. 30:

non integra fortuna, at adflicta,

id. Sull. 31:

adflictum erigere,

id. Imp. Pomp. 29.— Comp.:

adflictiore condicione esse,

id. Fam. 6,1;

hence: res adflictae (like accisae and adfectae),

disordered, embarrassed, ruined circumstances, affairs in a bad state, ill condition, Sall. J. 76, 6; so Luc. 1, 496; Just. 4, 5:

copiae,

Suet. Oth. 9.—

Fig.

Of the mind: cast down, dejected, discouraged, desponding:

aegritudine adflictus, debilitatus, jacens,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 16:

luctu,

id. Phil. 9, 5:

maerore,

id. Cat. 2, 1:

adflictus vitam in tenebris luctuque trahebam,

Verg. A. 2, 92; Suet. Oth. 9.—

Of character, like abjectus, abandoned, outcast, depraved, low, mean, base, vile:

homo adflictus et perditus,

Cic. Phil. 3, 10:

nemo tam adflictis est moribus, quin, etc.,

Macr. S. 6, 7.— Sup. and adv. not used.

ango, xi, ctum, and anxum, 3, v. a. ( perf. and sup. rest only on the assertion in Prisc. p. 895 P.; Diom. p. 366 P.; part. anctus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 24 Müll.; acc. to Prisc. l. c., the sup. is sometimes anxum; cf. Struve, 214) [the root of this word is widely diffused: ankos, a bend, hollow; whence, valley, ravine; from the notion of closeness, come anchô = to press tight, to strangle, throttle; ango; Germ. hangen, hängen; Engl. hang; angustus, anxius, anxietas; old Germ. Angust; Germ. Angst = Engl. anguish; from the notion of being bent, come ancus anculus, a crouching slave, ancora = Gr. ankura; angulus = Germ. Angel, Engl. angle; old Germ. Angul, a hook; Gael. ingle = nook for the fire, fireplace; ancale = ankalê, Engl. ankle; ancon, and the pr. names Ancon and Ancona; uncus, curved, crooked; ungula, claw; unguis, claw, nail; cf. Sanscr. ahus, close; ahas, anguish; ankāmi, to bend; ankas, the lap (sinus), a hook; for the other Greek words belonging to this group, v. L. and S. s. vv. ankos and anchô].

Lit., to bind, draw, or press together; of the throat, to throttle, strangle (so anchô; in this signif. antiquated; hence, in class. perh. only in the poets; in prose, instead of it, suffocare; cf. Diom. p. 361 P.):

angit inhaerens Elisos oculos et siccum sanguine guttur,

Verg. A. 8, 260; so id. G. 3, 497:

cum colla minantia monstri Angeret,

Stat. Th. 4, 828; 6, 270; Sil. 13, 584.—Hence, of plants, to choke, Col. 4, 2, 2; 6, 27, 7 al.—

Metaph.

To cause (physical) pain; hence, angi, to feel or suffer pain, Plin. 10, 60, 79, § 164. —

Most freq. of the mind, to distress, torment, torture, vex, trouble; and angi, to feel distressed, to suffer torment, etc.:

illum incommodis dictis angam,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 1, 11: cura angit hominem, * Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 8; * Lucr. 4, 1134:

cruciatu timoris angi?

Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25:

multa sunt, quae me sollicitant anguntque,

id. Att. 1, 18:

angebar singularum horarum exspectatio ne,

id. ib. 9, 1 et saep.; Liv. 2, 7; 21, 1 al.:

ne munere te parvo beet aut incommodus angat (cruciet, cum non vult dare quod poscis, Cruqu.),

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 75:

ad humum maerore gravi deducit et angit,

id. A. P. 110:

poëta, meum qui pectus inaniter angit,

puts in torturing suspense, id. Ep. 2, 1, 211 al.:

Pompeius... curis animum mordacibus angit,

Luc. 2, 680 sq.:

Ea res animum illius anxit,

Gell. 1, 3:

(aemula eam) vehementer angebat,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 1, 6.—With de (in respect to):

de Statio manumisso et non nullis aliis rebus angor,

Cic. Att. 2, 18 fin.:

de quo angor et crucior,

id. ib. 7, 22.—Sometimes with gen. (on this const. cf. Roby, II. §

1321): absurde facis, qui angas te animi,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 1, 6:

(Sthenius) angebatur animi necessario, quod etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 34, 84. But Cic. also uses the abl.:

angor animo,

Brut. 2, 7: audio te animo angi, Fam. 16, 142; and acc. to some edd. Tusc. 1, 40, 96 Seyff. (v. further on this gen. s. v. animus).

anxĭus, a, um, adj. [v. ango], distressed, solicitous, uneasy, troubled, anxious (as a permanent state of mind).

Lit.:

neque omnes anxii, qui anguntur aliquando, nec qui anxii semper anguntur,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 12, 27; cf.:

anxietas and angor.—But frequently momentary' anxiae aegritudines et acerbae,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34:

anxio animo aut sollicito esse,

id. Fin. 2, 17, 55:

spiritus anxius,

Vulg. Bar. 3, 1:

senes morosi et anxii,

Cic. Sen. 18, 65:

Oratio pauperis, cum anxius fuerit,

Vulg. Psa. 101, 1:

anxius curis,

Ov. M. 9, 275: mentes, * Hor. C. 3, 21, 17:

anxius angor,

Lucr. 3, 993; 6, 1158: anxium habere aliquem, to bring one into trouble, to make anxious or solicitous, Auct. B. Afr. 71; Tac. A. 2, 65.—With gen. animi or mentis:

animi anxius,

Sall. J. 55, 4 Cort., where Dietsch reads animo, and Gerl. omits it altogether:

anxius mentis,

Albin. 1, 398 (for this gen. v. animus, II. B. 1.).—The object on account of which one is anxious or solicitous is put,

In abl.:

gloriā ejus,

Liv. 25, 40:

omine adverso,

Suet. Vit. 8:

venturis,

Luc. 7, 20.—

In gen. (diff. from [p. 135] the preced. gen. animi and mentis):

inopiae,

Liv. 21, 48:

furti (i. e. ne furtum fiat),

Ov. M. 1, 623:

vitae,

id. H. 20, 198:

securitatis,

Plin. 15, 18, 20, § 74:

potentiae,

Tac. A. 4, 12:

sui,

id. H. 3, 38; in acc. vicem, Liv. 8, 35.—

With de:

de famā ingenii,

Quint. 11, 1, 50:

de successore,

Suet. Calig. 19:

de instantibus curis,

Curt. 3, 2; with pro, Plin. Ep. 4, 21.—

With ad:

ad eventum alicujus rei,

Luc. 8, 592.—

With in and abl.:

noli anxius esse in divitiis,

Vulg. Eccli. 5, 10.—

With ne and an:

anxius, ne bellum oriatur,

Sall. J. 6, 6:

anxius, an obsequium senatūs an studia plebis reperiret,

Tac. A. 14, 13.—

Transf.

In an act. sense, that makes anxious, troubles, awakens solicitude, troublesome:

curae,

Liv. 1, 56 (cf.:

anxius curis,

Ov. M. 9, 275):

timor,

Verg. A. 9, 89:

accessu propter aculeos anxio,

Plin. 12, 8, 18, § 33.—

Prepared with anxious care:

elegantia orationis neque morosa neque anxia,

Gell. 15, 7, 3; cf. anxietas, II.—Hence, adv.: anxĭē, anxiously, with anxiety (not in Cic.):

aliquid ferre,

Sall. J. 82, 3:

auguria quaerere,

Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 273:

certare,

Suet. Ner. 23:

aliquam prosequi, Justin. 1, 4: loqui,

Gell. 20, 1:

anxie doctus,

Macr. S. 5, 18; 7, 7.— Comp.: anxius, Gargil. Mart. p. 395 Mai;

and formed by magis: magis anxie,

Sall. ad Caes. Ord. Re Publ. 2 fin.

diffĭcultas, ātis ( gen. plur. difficultatium, Liv. 9, 31, 14; Gell. 14, 2, 3), f. [difficilis], difficulty, trouble, distress, poverty, want.

In gen. (freq. in good prose in sing. and plur.

With gen.:

ineundi consilii,

Cic. Rep. 1, 34:

discendi (with labor),

id. Div. 1, 47, 105:

dicendi,

id. de Or. 1, 26, 120:

navigandi,

id. ib. 1, 18, 82; Caes. B. G. 3, 12 fin.:

belli gerendi,

id. ib. 3, 10:

faciundi pontis,

id. ib. 4, 17, 2 et saep.:

viarum,

id. ib. 7, 56, 2; id. B. C. 1, 70; cf.

loci,

Sall. J. 98, 5; Tac. Agr. 17 fin.:

rerum,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12; Sall. C. 57, 2; Suet. Tib. 16; 21:

morbi,

Cels. 3, 1; cf.

urinae,

id. 2, 1 al.:

vecturae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 82:

summa navium,

id. ib. 2, 5, 20:

rei frumentariae,

Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 3:

annonae,

Suet. Aug. 41; cf.

nummaria,

want. scarcity of money, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 28; Suet. Tib. 48:

domestica,

distressed circumstances, Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 14 et saep.—

Absol.:

ne qua ob eam suspicionem difficultas eveniat,

Plaut. Epid. 2, 2, 105; Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 45:

perspicio quantum in agendo difficultatis et quantum laboris sit habitura (altera pars actionis),

Cic. Clu. 1, 2;

so with labor,

Quint. 11, 1, 68; and:

habere difficultatem,

Cic. Brut. 7; id. Att. 13, 33:

magnam res ad receptum difficultatem afferebat,

Caes. B. C. 3, 51, 6; so with ad:

haec res Caesari difficultatem ad consilium capiendum afferebat,

id. B. G. 7, 10, 1;

and without it,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11:

delabi in difficultates,

id. Fat. 17: erat in magnis difficultatibus res, ne, etc., Caes. B. G. 7, 35 et saep.—

In partic. (acc. to difficilis, no. II.), obstinacy, captiousness, moroseness:

arrogantiam pertulit, difficultatem exsorbuit,

Cic. Mur. 9, 19.

sollĭcĭto ( sōlĭ-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [sollicitus], to disturb, stir, agitate, move; to distress, harass, make uneasy, vex, solicit, tempt, seduce, attract, induce.

Lit., to stir, put in lively motion, move violently, disturb, shake, exercise ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Histri tela manu jacientes sollicitabant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 438 Vahl.): myropolas omnes sollicito;

ubicumque unguentum est, ungor,

keep them busy, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 10:

nec fas esse, quod sit fundatum perpetuo aevo, sollicitare suis.. ex sedibus,

Lucr. 5, 162:

pinnisque repente sollicitant divum nocturno tempore lucos,

id. 4, 1008; 2, 965: teneram ferro sollicitavit humum, stirred, i. e. by the plough, Tib. 1, 7, 30; so,

tellurem,

Verg. G. 2, 418:

herbae, Quas tellus, nullo sollicitante (i. e. eam) dabat,

Ov. F. 4, 396:

remis freta,

Verg. G. 2, 503:

spicula dextrā,

id. A. 12, 404:

totum tremoribus orbem,

Ov. M. 6, 699:

stamina docto Pollice, pregn.,

excite by handling, id. ib. 11, 169 (v. II. B. 1. infra):

stomachum vomitu, alvum purgatione,

to move, Cels. 1 praef. fin.: mox, velut aurā sollicitante, provecti longius, as if a breeze were moving us on, Quint. 12, prooem. 2:

hic (spiritus naturae), quamdiu non... pellitur, jacet innoxius... ubi illum extrinsecus superveniens causa sollicitat, compellitque et in artum agit, etc.,

stirs up, Sen. Q. N. 6, 18, 2:

sollicitavit aquas remis,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 2:

lucus, qui primus anhelis sollicitatur equis,

id. Idyll. 1, 3:

seu remige Medo sollicitatur Athos,

id. Ruf. 1, 336:

Maenalias feras,

to hunt, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 14:

ne salebris sollicitentur apes,

Col. 9, 8, 3.—Of a river:

cum Danubius non jam radices nec media montium stringit, sed juga ipsa sollicitat,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 9.—In mal. part., Ov. Am. 3, 7, 74; Mart. 11, 22, 4; 11, 46, 4; Petr. 20, 2.—

To produce by stirring, excite, cause to come forth, to arouse, draw out (rare): radices in ipsā arbore sollicitando, by starting roots from the tree (cf. the context), Plin. 17, 13, 21, § 98; cf.:

sollicitatur id in nobis quod diximus ante semen,

Lucr. 4, 1037.—

Trop., = sollicitum facere.

With the notion of distress, to cause distress, anxiety, uneasiness, to distress, disturb.

Of the body (very rare and poet.):

mala copia Aegrum sollicitat stomachum,

distresses, Hor. S. 2, 2, 43. —

Of the mind; constr. with acc. of person, with animum, etc.

To fill with apprehension, cause fear, suspense of the mind, and anxiety for the future; and pass., = sollicitum esse, to be distressed, to torment one's self:

nunc ibo ut visam, estne id aurum ut condidi, quod me sollicitat miserum plurimis modis,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 26: certo scio, non ut Flamininum sollicitari te, Tite, sic noctesque diesque, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1:

jamdudum equidem sentio, suspicio quae te sollicitet,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 50:

sicine me atque illam operā tuā nunc miseros sollicitarier?

Ter. And. 4, 2, 6: egon' id timeo? Ph. Quid te ergo aliud sollicitat? id. Eun. 1, 2, 82; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 10:

aut quid sit id quod sollicitere ad hunc modum?

id. Hec. 4, 4, 54:

me autem jam et mare istuc et terra sollicitat,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1:

an dubitas quin ea me cura (pro genero et filio) vehementissime sollicitet?

id. Fam. 2, 16, 5:

multa sunt quae me sollicitant anguntque,

id. Att. 1, 18, 1:

ne cujus metu sollicitaret animos sociorum,

Liv. 45, 28 med.:

cum Scipionem exspectatio successoris sollicitaret,

id. 30, 36 fin.:

desiderantem quod satis est neque Tumultuosum sollicitat mare, Nec, etc.,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 26; cf. Mart. 7, 54, 2.—With de:

de posteris nostris et de illā immortalitate rei publicae sollicitor, quae, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 3, 29, 41.— Hence, like verbs of fearing, with ne, that ( lest):

et Quibus nunc sollicitor rebus! ne aut ille alserit, Aut uspiam ceciderit, etc.,

Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 11:

sollicitari se simulans, ne in ejus perniciem conspirarent,

Amm. 14, 7, 9.—Also with quod, like verbs of emotion:

me illa cura sollicitat angitque vehementer, quod... nihil a te, nihil ex istis locis... affluxit,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1.—

More rarely, to grieve, afflict, make wretched:

istuc facinus quod tuom sollicitat animum, id ego feci,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 8:

sed erile scelus me sollicitat,

id. Rud. 1, 3, 19: cur meam senectutem hujus sollicito amentiā? why do I make my old age miserable by, etc., Ter. And. 5, 3, 16:

haec cura (ob miserum statum rei publicae) sollicitat et hunc meum socium,

Cic. Brut. 97, 331.—With subject-clause:

nihil me magis sollicitat quam... non me ridere tecum,

Cic. Fam. 2, 12, 1.—

To disturb the rest or repose of a person or community, to trouble, harass, = perturbare:

quid me quaeris? quid laboras? quid hunc sollicitas?

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 15; so,

quae roget, ne se sollicitare velis,

Ov. A. A. 1, 484:

temeritas et libido et ignavia semper animum excruciant, et semper sollicitant,

Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 50:

anxitudo, prona ad luctum et maerens, semperque ipsa se sollicitans,

id. Rep. Fragm. 2, 41, 68:

quoniam rebellando saepius nos sollicitant,

Liv. 8, 13, 13:

finitimi populi, qui castra, non urbem positam in medio ad sollicitandam omnium pacem crediderant,

to disturb the peace, id. 1, 21, 2:

unde neque ille sollicitare quietae civitatis statum possit,

id. 21, 10, 12; so,

pacem,

id. 34, 16 fin.:

ira Jovis sollicitati prava religione,

id. 1, 31, 8:

ea cura quietos (deos) sollicitat,

Verg. A. 4, 380:

alium ambitio numquam quieta sollicitat,

Sen. Cons. Polyb. 4 (23), 2:

eum non metus sollicitabit,

id. ib. 9 (28), 4: (voluptas) licet alia ex aliis admoveat, quibus totos partesque nostri sollicitet, id. Vit. Beat. 5, 4:

et magnum bello sollicitare Jovem,

Ov. F. 5, 40:

sollicitatque feros non aequis viribus hostes,

Luc. 4, 665:

ut me nutricibus, me aviae educanti, me omnibus qui sollicitare illas aetates solent, praeferret,

Quint. 6, prooem. § 8: sollicitare manes, to disturb the dead by mentioning their names:

parce, precor, manes sollicitare meos,

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 32; cf.:

cur ad mentionem defunctorum testamur, memoriam eorum a nobis non sollicitari?

Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 23.—Hence, pregn.:

sollicito manes,

I disturb the dead, Ov. M. 6, 699:

sollicitare umbras = ciere, citare, in necromancy,

Manil. 1, 93.—

Without the idea of distress or uneasiness.

To stir, rouse, excite, incite ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

unicus est de quo sollicitamur honor,

Ov. F. 6, 10, 76:

sollicitatque deas,

id. M. 4, 473:

vanis maritum sollicitat precibus,

id. ib. 9, 683:

quoque Musarum studium a nocte silenti Sollicitare solet, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. praef. 12: cupidinem lentum sollicitas,

Hor. C. 4, 13, 6:

labris quae poterant ipsum sollicitare Jovem,

Mart. 66, 16:

me nova sollicitat, me tangit serior aetas,

Ov. Am. 2, 4, 45:

deinde (luxuria) frugalitatem professos sollicitat,

Sen. Ep. 56, 10.—Hence,

To attract, to tempt, to invite ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

si quis dotatam uxorem habet, eum hominem sollicitat sopor,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 15 Lorenz:

nullum sollicitant haec, Flacce, toreumata canem,

Mart. 12, 74, 5:

cum, mira specie, feminarum sollicitaret oculos,

Val. Max. 4, 5, 1 ext.:

non deest forma quae sollicitet oculos,

Sen. Ep. 88, 7:

in his (praediis venalibus) me multa sollicitant,

Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 1:

quibuscum delinimentis potest animos omnium sollicitat,

Just. 21, 1, 5:

omni studio sollicitatum spe regni,

id. 8, 3, 8:

in Graeciam Philippus cum venisset, sollicitatus paucarum civitatum direptione (i. e. spe diripiendi),

id. 9, 1:

sollicitati praeda,

id. 23, 1, 10; 2, 13 fin.:

te plaga lucida caeli... sollicitet,

Stat. Th. 1, 27:

magno praemio sollicitatus,

bribed, Front. Strat. 3, 6, 4.—So, to attract the attention, occupy the mind:

ut vix umquam ita sollicitari partibus earum debeamus ut non et summae meminerimus,

Quint. 11, 3, 151.—

Transf., to incite one to do something.

To urge to wrong-doing, to inveigle, seduce, incite, stimulate, provoke, tempt, abet (class.).

Absol.:

servum sollicitare verbis, spe promissisque corrumpere, contra dominum armare,

Cic. Deiot. 11, 30:

non sollicitabit rursus agrarios?

id. Phil. 7, 6, 18:

sollicitant homines imperitos Saxo et Cafo,

id. ib. 10, 10, 22: necare eandem voluit: quaesivit venenum;

sollicitavit quos potuit,

id. Cael. 13, 31:

Milo... quos ex aere alieno laborare arbitrabatur, sollicitabat,

Caes. B. C. 3, 22: quos ingenti pecuniae spe sollicitaverant vestri (sc. to murder Philip), Curt. 4, 1, 12:

ipsam ingentibus sollicitare datis,

Ov. M. 6, 463:

pretio sperare sollicitari animos egentium,

Cic. Cat. 4, 8, 17; Liv. 2, 42, 6; Nep. Paus. 3, 6.—So esp. milit. t. t.,= temptare (freq. in the historians), to strive to win over, tempt, instigate, incite to defection, attack, etc.:

ad sollicitandas civitates,

Caes. B. G. 7, 63:

Germanos Transrhenanos sollicitare dicebantur,

id. ib. 5, 2; so id. B. C. 3, 21; id. B. G. 5, 55; 6, 2; 7, 53;

7, 54: servitia urbana sollicitare,

Sall. C. 24 fin.:

nobilissimos Hispanos in Italiam ad sollicitandos populares... miserunt,

Liv. 24, 49, 8:

vicinos populos haud ambigue sollicitari,

id. 8, 23, 2:

ad continendas urbes, quas illinc Eumenes, hinc Romani sollicitabant,

id. 37, 8, 5:

num sollicitati animi sociorum ab rege Perseo essent,

id. 42, 19 fin.:

omnes sollicitatos legationibus Persei, sed egregie in fide permanere,

id. 42, 26 fin.; so,

diu,

id. 31, 5, 8; 40, 57, 2; 41, 23, 7;

45, 35, 8: interim qui Persas sollicitarent mittuntur,

Curt. 5, 10, 9; Suet. Oth. 5; id. Ner. 13; id. Tit. 9; Nep. Paus. 3, 6.—

With ad and acc.:

in servis ad hospitem necandum sollicitatis,

Cic. Cael. 21, 51:

servum ad venenum dandum,

id. Clu. 16, 47:

opifices et servitia ad Lentulum eripiendum,

Sall. C. 50, 1:

qui ultro ad transeundum hostes vocabant sollicitabantque,

Liv. 25, 15, 5.—After in:

cum milites ad proditionem, amicos ad perniciem meam pecunia sollicitet,

Curt. 4, 11, 1.—

With ut: civitates sollicitant [p. 1722] ut in libertate permanere vellent, Caes. B. G. 3, 8:

se sollicitatum esse ut regnare vellet,

Cic. Fam. 15, 2, 6:

missis ad accolas Histri, ut in Italiam irrumperent sollicitandos, Liv 39, 35: Darei litterae quibus Graeci milites sollicitabantur ut regem interficerent,

Curt. 4, 10, 16.—

With gen., gerund., and causa:

comperi legatos Allobrogum tumultus Gallici excitandi causa a P. Lentulo esse sollicitatos,

Cic. Cat. 3, 2, 4.—

With in and acc. (post-class.;

the prevailing constr. in Just.): amicum in adulterium uxoris sollicitatum,

Just. 1, 7, 18:

Alexander in Italiam sollicitatus,

urgently invited, id. 12, 2, 1:

Iones sollicitare in partes suas statuit,

id. 2, 12, 1:

qui Peloponnenses in societatem armorum sollicitaret,

id. 13, 5; so id. 13, 5, 10; 32, 4, 1; 29, 4, 5. —

With acc. of abstract objects ( poet.):

nuptae sollicitare fidem (= nuptam sollicitare ad fidem violandam),

to make attempts against, Ov. H. 16 (17), 4; cf. id. Am. 3, 1, 50; id. M. 6, 463; 7, 721; id. P. 3, 3, 50.—

In gen., without implying an evil purpose, to induce, incite, stimulate, solicit, urge, invite, exhort, move ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

antequam est ad hoc opus (historiam scribendi) sollicitatus,

induced to undertake this work, Quint. 10, 1, 74:

quae Hecubae maritum posset ad Hectoreos sollicitare rogos,

Mart. 6, 7, 4:

cum, sollicitatus ex urbe Roma (a Mithridate), praecepta pro se mitteret,

Plin. 25, 2, 3, § 6:

sollicitandi (parentes) ad hunc laborem erant,

it was necessary to give inducements to the parents to undertake this labor, Sen. Ben. 3, 11, 1:

cum juventutem ad imitationem sui sollicitaret,

id. Cons. Helv. 10, 10:

alios Orientis regis ut idem postularent sollicitare temptavit,

Suet. Dom. 2:

juvenum... corpora nunc pretio, nunc ille hortantibus ardens sollicitat dictis,

Stat. Th. 2, 485:

sollicitat tunc ampla viros ad praemia cursu celeres,

id. ib. 6, 550:

ut per praecones susceptores sollicitarent,

Just. 8, 3, 8:

Alexander in Italiam a Tarentinis sollicitatus,

id. 12, 2, 1:

avaritia sollicitatus (= permotus),

id. 32, 2, 1:

sollicitatoque juvene ad colloquium,

allured him to the conference, id. 38, 1, 9:

hoc maxime sollicitatus ad amicitiam,

Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 85:

serpentes sollicitant ad se avis,

id. 8, 23, 35, § 85:

hyaena ad sollicitandos canes,

id. 8, 30, 44, § 106:

velut vacua possessione sollicitatus,

Just. 31, 3, 2:

remansit in caelibatu, neque sollicitari ulla condicione amplius potuit (i. e. ad uxorem ducendam),

Suet. Galb. 5:

quod me, tamquam tirunculum, sollicitavit ad emendum (signum),

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 4:

ut ex copia studiosorum circumspicias praeceptores quos sollicitare possimus (sc. ut huc veniant),

id. 4, 13, 11.—With inf. ( poet.):

finemque expromere rerum sollicitat superos,

urgently implores to disclose the issue, Luc. 5, 69:

cum rapiant mala facta bonos... sollicitor nullos esse putare deos,

Ov. Am. 3, 8, 36; cf.:

sollicitat spatium decurrere amoris,

Lucr. 4, 1196.—With ne:

maritum sollicitat precibus, ne spem sibi ponat in arte,

Ov. M. 9, 683.