without iron

hasta ( asta), ae, f. [Sanscr. hastas, hand; cf. Gr. root chad- in chandanô, pre-hendo], a spear (syn.: hastile, dolo, gaesum, sarisa, sparus, lancea, pilum, spiculum, telum, etc.).

Lit.

Most freq. as a military weapon, a lance, pike, javelin (cf. Becker's Antiq. III. 2, p. 242 sq.):

nec eminus hastis aut comminus gladiis uteretur,

Cic. de Sen. 6, 19: dum transit, striderat hasta, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 817 P. (Ann. v. 365 Vahl.): Hastati spargunt hastas, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 287 ib.):

evelli jussit eam, qua erat transfixus, hastam,

Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97:

amentatus hastas torquebit,

id. de Or. 1, 57, 242; cf. id. Brut. 78, 271; id. Top. 17, 65:

hastas vibrare,

id. de Or. 2, 80, 325:

jactare,

id. ib. 2, 78, 316:

dirigere in aliquem,

Ov. M. 8, 66:

contendere,

to hurl, Verg. A. 10, 521:

protendere aut colligere,

Tac. A. 2, 21 al. —As a symbol of war, sent in making a declaration of the same, Gell. 10, 27, 3; Paul. ex Fest. p. 101 Müll., and thrown into the enemy's territory, Liv 1, 32 fin.; Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 9, 53: pura, i. e. without iron, given to brave soldiers as a mark of distinction, Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 102; Suet. Claud. 28; Inscr. Orell. 3457; cf. Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 760, and Fest. l. l.— As the symbol of legal ownership: festuca uti quasi hastae loco, signo quodam justi dominii, Gai Inst. 4, 16.—

Transf., beyond the milit. sphere:

jacet, diffidit, abjecit hastas,

i. e. has lost his courage, Cic. Mur. 21, 45.—

A spear stuck in the ground at public auctions or where the tribunals of the cenlumviri were held (orig. as a sign of booty gained in battle or of magisterial authority):

est enim ausus (Sulla) dicere, hasta posita, cum bona in foro venderet et bonorum virorum et locupletium et certe civium praedam se suam vendere,

Cic. Off. 2, 8, 27; cf.:

hastam in foro ponere et bona civium voci subicere praeconis,

id. ib. 2, 23, 83:

hasta posita pro aede Jovis Statoris, bona voci acerbissimae subjecta praeconis,

id. Phil. 2, 26, 64:

quos non illa inflnita hasta satiavit,

id. ib. 4, 4, 9:

emptio ab hasta,

id. Att. 12, 3, 2:

comitibus eorum sub hasta venditis,

Liv. 23, 38, 7: municipia Italiae splendidissima sub hasta venierunt, [p. 842] Flor. 3, 21, 27:

just hastae,

Tac. A. 13, 28:

cum censores se jam locationibus abstinerent, convenere ad eos, qui hastae hujus generis assueverant,

Liv. 24, 18, 10; as a badge of dignity:

hunc miratur adhuc centum gravis hasta virorum,

Mart. 7, 63, 7.—Hence, transf., the centumviral court:

ut centumviralem hastam, quam quaestura functi consuerant cogere, decemviri cogerent,

Suet. Aug. 36 fin. —

A little spear with which a bride's hair was parted into locks, Ov. F. 2, 560.—

A spear, as a gymnastic weapon, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 38; 3, 3, 24; id. Most. 1, 2, 73.—

Transf.

Of the form of a comet: jubae effigies mutata in hasta est. Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 90.—

I. q. membrum virile, Auct. Priap. 45, 1.

pūrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root pū, purificare, lustrare; cf.: pŭtus, pŭto; whence also poinê; Lat. poena], clean, pure, i. e. free from any foreign, esp. from any contaminating admixture (syn.: illimis, liquidus).

Lit.

Clean, free from dirt or filth, pure, unstained, undefiled:

purae aedes,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 6:

et manibus puris sumite fontis aquam,

Tib. 2, 1, 14; Hor. Epod. 17, 49; id. S. 1, 4, 68:

vestis,

Verg. A. 12, 169:

ut quicquid inde haurias, purum liquidumque te haurire sentias,

Cic. Caecin. 27, 78:

amnis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 120:

aqua,

id. C. 3, 16, 29; cf. id. Ep. 1, 10, 20:

fons,

Prop. 3 (4), 1, 3:

lympha,

Sil. 7, 170:

amphorae,

Hor. Epod. 2, 15:

fictilia,

Tib. 1, 1, 30:

torus,

id. 1, 3, 26:

purissima mella,

Verg. G. 4, 163:

aëre purior ignis,

Ov. M. 15, 243:

hasta,

unstained with blood, Stat. Th. 11, 450.—

In gen., free or clear from any admixture or obstruction: terra, cleared (from stones, bushes, etc.), Cic. Sen. 17, 59:

sol,

clear, bright, Hor. C. 3, 29, 45:

orbis,

Ov. M. 4, 348:

caelum,

Tib. 4, 1, 10:

luna,

Hor. C. 2, 5, 19:

vesper,

id. ib. 3, 19, 26:

dies,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 2:

aurum,

refined, without dross, Plin. 33, 4, 25, § 84; 33, 6, 32, § 99:

argentum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 52:

gemma,

Ov. M. 2, 856.— Absol.: pū-rum, i, n., a clear, bright, unclouded sky, Verg. G. 2, 364; Hor. C. 1, 34, 7.—

Transf.

In gen., plain, natural, naked, unadorned, unwrought, unmixed, unadulterated, unsophisticated: argentum, plain, i. e. unornamented, without figures chased upon it, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 22, § 49; 2, 4, 23, § 52; Plin. Ep. 3, 1, 9; Juv. 9, 141; cf.:

coronarum aliae sunt purae, aliae caelatae,

Vitr. 7, 3; and:

utrum lanx pura an caelata sit,

Dig. 6, 1, 6:

vasa,

not pitched, Col. 12, 4, 4:

locus,

not built upon, vacant, Varr. L. L. 5, § 38 Müll.; Liv. 24, 14; Dig. 13, 7, 43:

humus,

Cic. Sen. 15, 59:

solum,

Liv. 1, 44 fin.:

ager,

Ov. F. 3, 582:

campus,

Verg. A. 12, 771:

purus ab arboribus campus,

Ov. M. 3, 709:

hasta,

without an iron head, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 68:

toga,

without purple stripes, Phaedr. 3, 10, 10:

esse utramque sibi per se puramque necesse'st,

unmixed, Lucr. 1, 506.—

Cleansing, purifying:

idem ter socios pura circumtulit undā,

Verg. A. 6, 229:

sulfur,

Tib. 1, 5, 11.—

Trop.

Pure, unspotted, spotless, chaste, undefiled, unpolluted, faultless, etc.:

animus omni admixtione corporis liberatus, purus et integer,

Cic. Sen. 22, 80:

castus animus purusque,

id. Div. 1, 53, 121:

estne quisquam qui tibi purior esse videatur?

id. Rosc. Com. 6, 18:

puriora et dilucidiora,

id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46: vita et pectore puro, Hor.S. 1,6, 64; id. Ep. 1, 2, 67: pectus purum et firmum, stainless, faultless, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 17 (Trag. v. 340 Vahl.):

familia,

that has solemnized the funeral rites, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57:

gladium purum ab omni caede servare,

Sen. Ep. 24, 7:

purae a civili sanguine manus,

id. Suas. 6, 2:

purus sum a peccato,

Vulg. Prov. 20, 9:

pectus purum ab omni sceleris contagione,

Lact. 5, 12, 2.—Of freedom from sensual passion:

animam puram conservare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134:

noctes, opp. spurcae,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 62; id. Poen. 1, 2, 137; Tib. 1, 3, 26; Mart. 6, 66, 5; 9, 64:

corpus,

Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 9.—With gen.:

integer vitae scelerisque purus,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 1.—Of purity of style:

oratio Catuli sic pura est, ut Latine loqui paene solus videatur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 8, 29; cf.: purum et candidum genus dicendi, id. Or. 16, 53:

sermone puro atque dilucido,

Quint. 11, 1, 53:

sermo quam purissimus,

id. 4, 2, 118:

multo est tersior ac magis purus (Horatius),

id. 10, 1, 94:

pura et illustris brevitas,

Cic. Brut. 75, 262:

pura et incorrupta consuetudo dicendi,

id. ib. 75, 261:

pressus sermo purusque,

Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 8.—

In partic., in jurid. lang., unconditional, without exception, absolute; entire, complete:

judicium purum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 20, 60:

pura et directa libertas,

Dig. 40, 4, 59:

causa,

ib. 46, 3, 5.—

Clear, complete, over and above:

quid possit ad dominos puri ac reliqui provenire,

clear gain, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 86, § 200.—

Relig. t. t., free from religious claims or consecration:

purus autem locus dicitur, qui neque sacer neque sanctus est neque religiosus, sed ab omnibus huiusmodi nominibus vacare videtur,

Dig. 11, 7, 2, § 4; cf.

ib. § 2: quae tandem est domus ab istā suspicione religionis tam vacua atque pura,

Cic. Har. Resp. 6, 11.—

Not desecrated, undefiled.

Untrodden, fresh:

locus,

Liv. 25, 17, 3.—

Not defiled by a funeral or burial:

familia,

Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57.—

Free from mourning:

dies,

Ov. F. 2, 558.— Adv., in two forms, pūrē and (ante-class. and poet.) pūrĭ-ter ( sup. ‡ purime, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 252 Müll.), purely, clearly, without spot or mixture.

Lit.

Form pure:

pure eluere vasa,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 3; cf.: pure lautum=aquā purā lavatum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 248 Müll.:

lavare,

Liv. 5, 22.—

Form puriter:

puriter transfundere aquam in alterum dolium,

Cato, R. R. 112:

puriter lavit dentes,

Cat. 39, 14.—

Comp., brightly, clearly:

splendens Pario marmore purius,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:

purius osculari,

Sen. Ben. 2, 12, 2.—

Sup.:

quam mundissime purissimeque fiat,

Cato, R. R. 66.—

Trop., purely, chastely; plainly, clearly, simply.

Form pure:

si forte pure velle habere dixerit,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 61:

quiete et pure et eleganter acta aetas,

Cic. Sen. 5, 13:

pure et caste deos venerari,

id. N. D. 1, 2, 3; Liv. 27, 37; cf.:

radix caste pureque collecta,

Plin. 22, 10, 12, § 27.—Of style:

pure et emendate loqui,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 2, 4:

pure apparere,

clearly, obviously, Hor. S. 1, 2, 100:

quid pure tranquillet,

perfectly, fully, id. Ep. 1, 18, 102.—

Form puriter:

si vitam puriter egi,

Cat. 76, 19.—

Sup.:

Scipio omnium aetatis suae purissime locutus,

Gell. 2, 20, 5:

purissime atque illustrissime aliquid describere,

very distinctly, very clearly, id. 9, 13, 4.—

In partic., jurid., unconditionally, simply, absolutely:

aliquid legare,

Dig. 8, 2, 35:

contrahi,

ib. 18, 2, 4; 39, 2, 22 fin.; 26, 2, 11; Gai. Inst. 1, 186.

pūrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. root pū, purificare, lustrare; cf.: pŭtus, pŭto; whence also poinê; Lat. poena], clean, pure, i. e. free from any foreign, esp. from any contaminating admixture (syn.: illimis, liquidus).

Lit.

Clean, free from dirt or filth, pure, unstained, undefiled:

purae aedes,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 6:

et manibus puris sumite fontis aquam,

Tib. 2, 1, 14; Hor. Epod. 17, 49; id. S. 1, 4, 68:

vestis,

Verg. A. 12, 169:

ut quicquid inde haurias, purum liquidumque te haurire sentias,

Cic. Caecin. 27, 78:

amnis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 120:

aqua,

id. C. 3, 16, 29; cf. id. Ep. 1, 10, 20:

fons,

Prop. 3 (4), 1, 3:

lympha,

Sil. 7, 170:

amphorae,

Hor. Epod. 2, 15:

fictilia,

Tib. 1, 1, 30:

torus,

id. 1, 3, 26:

purissima mella,

Verg. G. 4, 163:

aëre purior ignis,

Ov. M. 15, 243:

hasta,

unstained with blood, Stat. Th. 11, 450.—

In gen., free or clear from any admixture or obstruction: terra, cleared (from stones, bushes, etc.), Cic. Sen. 17, 59:

sol,

clear, bright, Hor. C. 3, 29, 45:

orbis,

Ov. M. 4, 348:

caelum,

Tib. 4, 1, 10:

luna,

Hor. C. 2, 5, 19:

vesper,

id. ib. 3, 19, 26:

dies,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 2:

aurum,

refined, without dross, Plin. 33, 4, 25, § 84; 33, 6, 32, § 99:

argentum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 52:

gemma,

Ov. M. 2, 856.— Absol.: pū-rum, i, n., a clear, bright, unclouded sky, Verg. G. 2, 364; Hor. C. 1, 34, 7.—

Transf.

In gen., plain, natural, naked, unadorned, unwrought, unmixed, unadulterated, unsophisticated: argentum, plain, i. e. unornamented, without figures chased upon it, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 22, § 49; 2, 4, 23, § 52; Plin. Ep. 3, 1, 9; Juv. 9, 141; cf.:

coronarum aliae sunt purae, aliae caelatae,

Vitr. 7, 3; and:

utrum lanx pura an caelata sit,

Dig. 6, 1, 6:

vasa,

not pitched, Col. 12, 4, 4:

locus,

not built upon, vacant, Varr. L. L. 5, § 38 Müll.; Liv. 24, 14; Dig. 13, 7, 43:

humus,

Cic. Sen. 15, 59:

solum,

Liv. 1, 44 fin.:

ager,

Ov. F. 3, 582:

campus,

Verg. A. 12, 771:

purus ab arboribus campus,

Ov. M. 3, 709:

hasta,

without an iron head, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 68:

toga,

without purple stripes, Phaedr. 3, 10, 10:

esse utramque sibi per se puramque necesse'st,

unmixed, Lucr. 1, 506.—

Cleansing, purifying:

idem ter socios pura circumtulit undā,

Verg. A. 6, 229:

sulfur,

Tib. 1, 5, 11.—

Trop.

Pure, unspotted, spotless, chaste, undefiled, unpolluted, faultless, etc.:

animus omni admixtione corporis liberatus, purus et integer,

Cic. Sen. 22, 80:

castus animus purusque,

id. Div. 1, 53, 121:

estne quisquam qui tibi purior esse videatur?

id. Rosc. Com. 6, 18:

puriora et dilucidiora,

id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46: vita et pectore puro, Hor.S. 1,6, 64; id. Ep. 1, 2, 67: pectus purum et firmum, stainless, faultless, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 17 (Trag. v. 340 Vahl.):

familia,

that has solemnized the funeral rites, Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57:

gladium purum ab omni caede servare,

Sen. Ep. 24, 7:

purae a civili sanguine manus,

id. Suas. 6, 2:

purus sum a peccato,

Vulg. Prov. 20, 9:

pectus purum ab omni sceleris contagione,

Lact. 5, 12, 2.—Of freedom from sensual passion:

animam puram conservare,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134:

noctes, opp. spurcae,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 62; id. Poen. 1, 2, 137; Tib. 1, 3, 26; Mart. 6, 66, 5; 9, 64:

corpus,

Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 9.—With gen.:

integer vitae scelerisque purus,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 1.—Of purity of style:

oratio Catuli sic pura est, ut Latine loqui paene solus videatur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 8, 29; cf.: purum et candidum genus dicendi, id. Or. 16, 53:

sermone puro atque dilucido,

Quint. 11, 1, 53:

sermo quam purissimus,

id. 4, 2, 118:

multo est tersior ac magis purus (Horatius),

id. 10, 1, 94:

pura et illustris brevitas,

Cic. Brut. 75, 262:

pura et incorrupta consuetudo dicendi,

id. ib. 75, 261:

pressus sermo purusque,

Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 8.—

In partic., in jurid. lang., unconditional, without exception, absolute; entire, complete:

judicium purum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 20, 60:

pura et directa libertas,

Dig. 40, 4, 59:

causa,

ib. 46, 3, 5.—

Clear, complete, over and above:

quid possit ad dominos puri ac reliqui provenire,

clear gain, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 86, § 200.—

Relig. t. t., free from religious claims or consecration:

purus autem locus dicitur, qui neque sacer neque sanctus est neque religiosus, sed ab omnibus huiusmodi nominibus vacare videtur,

Dig. 11, 7, 2, § 4; cf.

ib. § 2: quae tandem est domus ab istā suspicione religionis tam vacua atque pura,

Cic. Har. Resp. 6, 11.—

Not desecrated, undefiled.

Untrodden, fresh:

locus,

Liv. 25, 17, 3.—

Not defiled by a funeral or burial:

familia,

Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 57.—

Free from mourning:

dies,

Ov. F. 2, 558.— Adv., in two forms, pūrē and (ante-class. and poet.) pūrĭ-ter ( sup. ‡ purime, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 252 Müll.), purely, clearly, without spot or mixture.

Lit.

Form pure:

pure eluere vasa,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 3; cf.: pure lautum=aquā purā lavatum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 248 Müll.:

lavare,

Liv. 5, 22.—

Form puriter:

puriter transfundere aquam in alterum dolium,

Cato, R. R. 112:

puriter lavit dentes,

Cat. 39, 14.—

Comp., brightly, clearly:

splendens Pario marmore purius,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 5:

purius osculari,

Sen. Ben. 2, 12, 2.—

Sup.:

quam mundissime purissimeque fiat,

Cato, R. R. 66.—

Trop., purely, chastely; plainly, clearly, simply.

Form pure:

si forte pure velle habere dixerit,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 61:

quiete et pure et eleganter acta aetas,

Cic. Sen. 5, 13:

pure et caste deos venerari,

id. N. D. 1, 2, 3; Liv. 27, 37; cf.:

radix caste pureque collecta,

Plin. 22, 10, 12, § 27.—Of style:

pure et emendate loqui,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 2, 4:

pure apparere,

clearly, obviously, Hor. S. 1, 2, 100:

quid pure tranquillet,

perfectly, fully, id. Ep. 1, 18, 102.—

Form puriter:

si vitam puriter egi,

Cat. 76, 19.—

Sup.:

Scipio omnium aetatis suae purissime locutus,

Gell. 2, 20, 5:

purissime atque illustrissime aliquid describere,

very distinctly, very clearly, id. 9, 13, 4.—

In partic., jurid., unconditionally, simply, absolutely:

aliquid legare,

Dig. 8, 2, 35:

contrahi,

ib. 18, 2, 4; 39, 2, 22 fin.; 26, 2, 11; Gai. Inst. 1, 186.

ăd-haerĕo, haesi, haesum, 2, v. n., to cleave or stick to a thing.

Lit., of iron adhering to a magnet:

unus ubi ex uno dependet, subter adhaerens,

Lucr. 6, 914; cf. id. 3, 557: tota adhaerens (lingua) crocodilis, cleaving to his palate, Plin. 11, 37, 65, § 171.—With in and abl.:

tela in tuis visceribus,

Cic. Vatin. 5, 13; so Ov. M. 4, 693.—With acc.:

cratera et corvus adhaeret,

Cic. Arat. 541 (so Tert.: humerum, de Pall. 5).—With abl.:

fronte cuspis,

Ov. M. 5, 38.—With dat., poet.:

tonsis (ovibus) illotus sudor,

Verg. G. 3, 443:

veteri craterae limus adhaesit,

Hor. Sat. 2, 4, 80;

and in later prose: navis ancoris,

is fastened to them, Tac. A. 2, 23:

stativis castris,

id. ib. 3, 21; and:

jumento,

to stick to, Gell. 20, 1.—

Fig.

In gen., to cling to, adhere to:

adhaesit homini ad intimum ventrem fames,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 83;

and of fawning adherence to one,

id. As. 1, 3, 59:

cui canis ex vero dictum cognomen adhaeret,

adheres, Hor. S. 2, 2, 56:

nulli fortunae adhaerebat animus, i. e. inconstans fuit,

Liv. 41, 20:

obsidioni fortiter adhaerentes,

Amm. 19, 3.—

Adhaerere alicui, to be close to a person or thing, to be near, to hang on, keep close to, etc. (mostly post-Cic., esp. in the histt.):

vineis modica silva adhaerebat,

was close to it, adjoined it, Tac. H. 2, 25; so Amm. 18, 2.—Of persons: procul abesse Romanos: lateri adhaerere gravem dominum, i. e. he (the King of Macedon) hangs on them, threatens them by his nearness, Liv. 39, 25:

nec umquam non adhaerentes,

and never departing from his side, Suet. Galb. 14:

comitem perpetuo alicui adhaerere,

Plin. 10, 22, 26, § 51:

tempus adhaerens,

the time in hand, just the present time, Quint. 5, 10, 46:

obvio quoque adhaerente,

while each one adhered to him, Suet. Oth. 6;

and so trop.: adhaeret altissimis invidia,

Vell. 1, 9.—

To hang on a thing, i. e. to trail or drag after, to be the last, sarcastically in Cic.: tenesne memoriā te extremum adhaesisse? hung on the end, i. e. extremo loco quaestorem esse factum, Vat. 5 (cf. haerere, Liv. 5, 2 fin., and Gron. ad h. l.);

and without sarcasm,

Curt. 10, 5, 19.

mănus, ūs (dat. manu for manui:

alternae manu,

Prop. 1, 11, 12; 2, 1, 60), f. [root man-, ma-, to measure; Sanscr. ma, measure, moon; cf. Germ. Mond, moon, and O. H. Germ. mund, hand; Angl.-Sax. mund], a hand.

Lit.:

quam vero aptas, quamque multarum artium ministras manus natura homini dedit!

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150:

vas in manus sumere,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62:

Epicurum in manus sumere, i. e. scripta Epicuri,

id. Tusc. 2, 3, 8:

pyxidem in manu tenere,

id. Cael. 26, 63:

manum porrigere ad tradendum aliquid,

id. ib.:

de manibus deponere,

to lay out of one's hands, lay down, id. Ac. 1, 1, 2. ponere, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8:

extorquere,

to wrest from one's hands, id. Cat. 1, 6, 13:

e manibus dimittere,

to let go out of one's hands, id. Or. 30, 105: manum ad os apponere, i. e. to lay the finger on the lips in token of secrecy, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4: alicui in manu esse, to be obvious, clear:

neque mihi in manu Jugurtha qualis foret,

Sall. J. 14, 4:

(feminas) in manu esse parentium, fratrum, virorum,

subject to, Liv. 34, 2, 11; cf.:

minus filiae uxores sorores quibusdam in manu erunt,

id. 34, 7, 11: in manibus esse, to be in everybody's hands, to be well known:

est in manibus oratio,

Cic. Lael. 25, 96:

est in manibus laudatio,

id. Sen. 4, 12; id. Brut. 33, 125.—Also, to be near:

hostes sunt in manibus,

near to us, close by us, upon us, Caes. B. G. 2, 19, 7; also, to be present: attendere, quae in manibus sunt, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 1; Verg. A. 10, 280: in manibus habere, to have in hand, to be engaged on a thing:

omnia, quae in manibus habebam, abjeci,

Cic. Att. 13, 47, 1:

habeo opus magnum in manibus,

id. Ac. 1, 1, 2:

philosophi quamcunque rem habent in manibus, in eam, etc.,

id. Tusc. 5, 7, 18; id. Sen. 7, 22; id. Cael. 27, 65:

milites bellum illud, quod erat in manibus, reliquisse,

id. Rep. 2, 37, 63; cf.:

dum occasio in manibus esset,

Liv. 7, 36, 10:

inimicorum in manibus mortuus est,

among, Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 108:

manu tenere,

to know for certain, id. Brut. 80, 277.— Pass.:

manibus teneri,

to be certain, evident, Cic. Sest. 32, 69: habere in manibus, to fondle, caress, make much of:

sic in manibus (inimicum meum) habebant, sic fovebant, etc.,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 10:

in manus venire,

to come to hand, id. Q. Fr. 2, 15, b, 1:

proelium in manibus facere,

to fight at close quarters, Sall. J. 57, 4:

ad manum habere,

to have at hand, have in readiness, Quint. 12, 5, 1:

ad manum esse,

at hand, in hand, near, Liv. 9, 19: ad manum venire or accedere, to come hand to hand, come to close quarters:

nonnumquam etiam res ad manus, atque ad pugnam veniebat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28; Nep. Eum. 5, 2; Liv. 2, 30:

ut venere in manus,

Tac. A. 2, 80:

ut ventum in manus,

id. H. 4, 71:

adire manum alicui, v. 1. adeo: ad manum intueri aliquid,

at hand, close by, hard by, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 97:

prae manu or manibus,

at hand, in readiness, in hand, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 10; App. M. 6, p. 180, 32; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 23; Gell. 19, 8:

quem servum ille habuit ad manum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 60, 225:

servus a manu,

i. e. a scribe, secretary, Suet. Caes. 74:

de manu dare,

to give with one's own hand, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 37: de manu in manum quippiam tradere, to deliver from hand to hand, i. e. with great care, Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 2: manum ferulae subducere, to take the hand from the rod, i. e. to be too old for the rod, Juv. 1, 15: e manu (for eminus; opp. cominus), from a distance: quae mea cominus machaera atque hasta hostibit e manu, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. redhostire, p. 270 Müll. (Trag. v. 212 Vahl.): plenā manu, with a full or plentiful hand, bountifully, liberally:

plenā manu dare,

abundantly, Sen. Ben. 1, 7, 2; id. Ep. 120, 10; id. ad Polyb. 9, 7;

so trop.: Hortalus, quam plenā manu nostras laudes in astra sustulit,

Cic. Att. 2, 25, 1; so,

plenis manibus pecuniam largiri,

Lact. 3, 16, 15; cf.:

quemquam vacuis a se manibus abire pati,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 14, 5: manibus pedibusque aliquid facere (Greek pux kai lax), with hands and feet, i. e. with all one's power, with might and main, Ter. And. 1, 1, 134:

per manus,

with the hands, Caes. B. G. 6, 37:

per manus servulae,

by her assistance, Cic. Att. 1, 12, 3: per manus tradere, to deliver from hand to hand, from mouth to mouth, to hand down from father to son:

traditae per manus religiones,

Liv. 5, 51: per manus, also, by force, by main force, forcibly:

per manus libertatem retinere,

Sall. J. 31, 22: inter manus, in one's hands, under one's hands:

agger inter manus proferebatur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 2:

villa crescit inter manus,

Sen. Ep. 12, 1:

nihil adhuc inter manus habui cui majorem sollicitudinem praestare deberem,

Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 2:

scripta quae inter manus habes,

are occupied with, id. ib. 5, 5, 7.— Trop., palpable, evident:

ante oculos interque manus sunt omnia vestras,

Verg. A. 11, 311; cf.:

manus inter parentum,

id. ib. 2, 681: inter manus, also, in one's hands, in one's arms:

abripite hunc intro actutum inter manus,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 38:

e convivio auferri,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28: sub manu and sub manum, at hand, near, readily, immediately, on the instant: Vocontii sub manu ut essent, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 2:

quo celerius, ac sub manum annuntiari cognoscique posset, quid in provincia quāque gereretur, etc.,

Suet. Aug. 49; Sen. Ep. 71, 1: sub manus succedere, according to one's wish, [p. 1112] Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 59: alicujus manu esse, to be from or by one's hand:

epistulae quae quidem erant tua manu,

Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3; cf. id. ib. 8, 13, 1 (cf. II. C. infra): manu, with the hand, by hand, i. e. artificially, opp. to naturally, by nature: manu sata, i. e. by the hand of man, opp. to what grows wild. Caes. B. C. 3, 44:

urbs manu munitissima,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 4:

quaedam ingenia manu, quod aiunt, facienda sunt,

Sen. Ep. 52, 1:

quidam et liberos ejurent et orbitatem manu faciant,

id. ad Marc. 19, 2: morbi, quos manu fecimus, i. e. which we produce by our own fault (e. g. by intemperance), Sen. Brev. Vit. 3, 3: oratio manu facta, artificial, elaborate, opp. to natural, simple, id. Ep. 115, 2: manu mederi, to be a surgeon, Cels. praef. 1: manibus aequis or manu aequā, with equal advantage:

manibus aequis abscessum est,

Tac. A. 1, 63:

aequā manu discedere,

to come off with equal advantage, Sall. C. 39, 4: manus afferre, to lay hands on; trop., to destroy or weaken:

qui diutius torqueri patitur, quem protinus potest liberare, beneficio suo manus affert,

Sen. Ben. 2, 5, 3:

manum inicere alicui,

to lay the hand on one, to detain, arrest him, Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 48: manum dare, to give or lend a hand, to help, assist, Quint. 2, 3, 7: manus dare or dedere, to give the hands to be bound; hence, in gen., to give up, yield, surrender:

perpende, et, si tibi vera videntur, Dede manus, aut, si falsum est, accingere contra,

Lucr. 2, 1043:

fateor, manus vobis do,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 72:

donicum aut certe vicissent, aut victi manum dedissent,

Nep. Ham. 1; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 31; Cic. Att. 2, 22, 2; Ov. H. 4, 14; 17, 260; Verg. A. 11, 568; Lact. 5, 1, 3:

brevi manu,

immediately, without delay, Dig. 23, 3, 43, § 1:

longā manu,

slowly, tediously, ib. 46, 3, 79: manum tollere, to raise the hand in token of an intention to yield, to yield, submit: cedo et tollo manum, Cic. Fragm. ap. Lact. 3, 28: manus tollere, to raise the hands in token of admiration or astonishment, Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 63: manus tendere ad aliquem, less freq. alicui, to stretch out the hands to one to implore assistance, Caes. B. G. 2, 13; Cic. Font. 17, 38:

quae Romanis manus tendebant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 48:

dextram Italiae,

Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9:

manu sternere aliquem,

with the sword, Verg. A. 9, 702: utrāque manu, with both hands, i. e. willingly, readily, Mart. 1, 16, 9:

manus manum lavat,

one hand washes the other, one helps the other, Sen. Apoc. 9 fin.; Petr. c. 45, 13; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 80: manum non vertere, not to turn the hand, prov. for to take no pains, make no effort:

qui se fatentur virtutis causā ne manum quidem versuros fuisse,

Cic. Fin. 5, 31, 93; cf. App. Mag. p. 311.

Transf.

The hand as the instrument used in fight; hence, personal valor, bravery:

ne usu manuque reliquorum opinionem fallent,

Caes. B. C. 3, 86:

manu fortissimus,

Liv. 39, 40:

manu fortis,

Nep. Dat. 1, 3:

manu vincere,

Ov. M. 1, 448:

manu capere urbes,

by force of arms, Sall. J. 5, 5:

manum committere Teucris,

to fight, Verg. A. 12, 60; so,

conserere manum,

Liv. 21, 39; 25, 11; 27, 33:

conferre manum,

Liv. 10, 43; Verg. A. 12, 345:

in proelia Ferre manum,

id. ib. 5, 403; cf.:

et vice teli saevit nuda manus,

Juv. 15, 54.—

Force, violence, fighting, close combat:

res venit ad manus atque ad pugnam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28:

venire ad manum,

Liv. 2, 30:

accedere ad manum,

Nep. Eum. 5:

in manus venire,

to come to an engagement, come to close quarters, Sall. J. 89, 2:

pugna jam ad manus venerat,

Liv. 2, 46:

non manu, neque vi,

force, violence, Sall. J. 31, 18; so Tac. Agr. 9.—

Of the hand of an artist:

manus extrema non accessit ejus operibus,

the last hand, the finishing touch, Cic. Brut. 33, 126: aptius a summā conspiciare manu, when you have given yourself the finishing touch, i. e. have completed your toilet, Ov. A. A. 3, 225:

carmen nondum recepit ultimam manum,

has not yet received the last polish, Petr. 118.—Hence, extremam bello Imponere manum, to put the finishing hand to the war, to bring it to a close, Verg. A. 7, 573.—Prov.: manum de tabula, lit., the hand from the picture, i. e. enough, Cic. Fam. 7, 25, 1.—

A hand, handwriting; in gen., work, workmanship:

librarii manus,

Cic. Att. 8, 13, 1: Alexidis manum amabam, quod tam prope accedebat ad similitudinem tuae litterae, id. ib. 7, 2, 3:

manum suam cognovit,

id. Cat. 3, 5, 12:

propter emissam ab eis manum,

Dig. 22, 3, 15:

Praxitelis manus, Scopaeque,

Mart. 4, 39, 3:

artificum,

Verg. A. 1, 455.—

For pars, a side:

est ad hanc manum sacellum,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 37:

a laeva conspicienda manu,

Ov. A. A. 3, 307. —

In throwing dice, a stake: quas manus remisi, to throw up the stakes, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71.—

In fencing, a thrust, hit, blow:

rectae, aversae, tectaeque manus,

Quint. 9, 1, 20:

prima, secunda, tertia, quarta,

the prime, second, tierce, quart, id. 5, 13, 54.—

The trunk of an elephant:

manus etiam data elephantis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120; Curt. 8, 14, 27; Sil. 9, 628.—

The fore-paws of bears, Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 130.—

The branches on a tree:

(platanus) cui lnnumerae manus,

Stat. S. 2, 3, 39:

fraxineae,

Pall. Insit. 60.—

In milit. lang.: ferreae manus, iron hooks with which an enemy's ship was grappled, grappling-irons:

manus ferreas atque harpagones paraverant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 57:

in advenientes hostium naves ferreas manus inicere,

Liv. 36, 44 fin.:

manus ferreas excogitare,

Front. Strat. 2, 3, 24; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 209; Curt. 4, 9, 2; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 38; Luc. 3, 635.—

Also milit., an armed force, corps of soldiers:

si nova manus cum veteribus copiis se conjunxisset,

Caes. B. G. 1, 37:

magnam manum conducere,

id. ib. 5, 27:

Hasdrubalem propediem affore cum manu haudquaquam contemnenda,

Liv. 30, 7 fin.; id. 44, 27.—

Beyond the milit. sphere, in gen., a body, host, number, company, multitude:

Romam veniet cum magna manu,

Cic. Att. 16, 11, 6:

evocatorum,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 3:

manus ad Quirinalia paratur,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 4; cf.:

manum facere, copias parare,

id. Caecin. 12, 33:

manus bonorum,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16:

Judaeorum,

id. Fl. 28, 66:

conjuratorum,

id. Cat. 1, 5, 12:

bicorpor,

i. e. the Centaurs, id. Tusc. 2, 9, 22:

purpuratorum et satellitum,

Liv. 42, 51:

magna clientium,

Suet. Tib. 1:

comitum,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 262:

juvenum,

Verg. A. 6, 5.—

Labor, hands, i. e. workmen:

nos aera, manus, navalia demus,

Verg. A. 11, 329:

quale manus addunt ebori decus,

id. ib. 1, 592.—

Power:

haec non sunt in nostra manu,

Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3; cf.: in tua manu est, it rests with you, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1:

juxta deos in tua manu positum est,

Tac. H. 2, 76:

victoria in manu nobis est,

depends on, Sall. C. 20, 10:

in vostra manu situm,

id. J. 31; Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 43:

in manu esse mihi,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 67. —

In partic., in jurid. lang., the legal power of a husband over his wife, the manus:

in potestate quidem et masculi et feminae esse solent: in manum autem feminae tantum conveniunt. Olim itaque tribus modis in manum conveniebant: usu, farreo, coëmptione, etc.,

Gai. Inst. 1, 108 sq.; Cic. Fl. 34, 84 al.—

Law t. t., manūs injectio, i. e. an arrest: per manus injectionem agebatur, Gai Inst. 4, 21: ob eam rem ego tibi sestertium X. milium judicati manus inicio, Vet. Form. ap. Gai. ib.

mānus, i. q. bonus, Varr. L. L. 6, 2, 4; Macr. S. 1, 3, 13; Isid. 5, 30, 14; Serv. Verg. A. 1, 139; 2, 286; v. ‡ cerus manus.

sollĭcĭtus ( sōlĭcĭtus), a, um, adj. [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 the sea agitated by storms:

ut mare sollicitum stridet,

Verg. G. 4, 262. —

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.—

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.

Of mental affections, full of anxiety, excitement, distracted by cares, engaged, troubled, disturbed (opp. quietus).

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. —

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.,

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.—

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. —

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.—

With pro:

ne necesse sit unum sollicitum esse pro pluribus,

Cic. Lael. 13, 45.—

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., 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.—

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.—

= sollicitatus (v. sollicito; poet.):

solliciti jaceant terrāque premantur iniquā qui, etc.,

without repose, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 15.

Of abstr. and inanim. things.

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), [p. 1723] 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.

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.).

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.