sollicito

See also: sol·licito

Latin

Etymology

From sollicitus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /solˈli.ki.toː/, [s̠ɔlˈlʲɪkɪt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /solˈli.t͡ʃi.to/, [solˈliːt͡ʃit̪o]

Verb

sollicitō (present infinitive sollicitāre, perfect active sollicitāvī, supine sollicitātum); first conjugation

1. to disturb, disquiet, stir, agitate, distress, harass, vex, make anxious

   Synonyms: turbō, perturbō, agitō, īnfestō, angō, concitō, disturbō, fatīgō, irrītō, lacessō, stimulō, ēvertō, peragō, occīdō, moveō, agō, versō, ūrō

   Antonym: cōnsōlor

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.379–380:

     “Scīlicet is Superīs labor est, ea cūra quiētōs / sollicitat. [...].”

     “Why, of course this is work for Superior Powers — [Such a] concern disturbs their repose!”
     (Dido mocks the claim that Aeneas is only following divine orders.)

2. to solicit, tempt, seduce, attract, induce

   Synonyms: indūcō, sēdūcō, alliciō, dēdūcō, persuādeō, pelliciō, perdūcō, capiō

3. to rouse, excite, incite

   Synonyms: excitō, īnstīgō, īnstinguō, exciō, perpellō, concieō, percieō, cieō, urgeō, concitō, impellō, īnflammō, moveō, mōlior, adhortor, incendō, ērigō

   Antonyms: domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, restinguō, plācō, coerceō, mītigō, commītigō, ēlevō, levō, allevō, alleviō

Usage notes

The passive sollicitor can be used as a deponent verb that means "to worry" in the intransitive sense.

Conjugation

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	sollicitō		sollicitās		sollicitat		sollicitāmus		sollicitātis		sollicitant
	imperfect	sollicitābam		sollicitābās		sollicitābat		sollicitābāmus		sollicitābātis		sollicitābant
	future	sollicitābō		sollicitābis		sollicitābit		sollicitābimus		sollicitābitis		sollicitābunt
	perfect	sollicitāvī		sollicitāvistī		sollicitāvit		sollicitāvimus		sollicitāvistis		sollicitāvērunt, sollicitāvēre
	pluperfect	sollicitāveram		sollicitāverās		sollicitāverat		sollicitāverāmus		sollicitāverātis		sollicitāverant
	future perfect	sollicitāverō		sollicitāveris		sollicitāverit		sollicitāverimus		sollicitāveritis		sollicitāverint
passive	present	sollicitor		sollicitāris, sollicitāre		sollicitātur		sollicitāmur		sollicitāminī		sollicitantur
	imperfect	sollicitābar		sollicitābāris, sollicitābāre		sollicitābātur		sollicitābāmur		sollicitābāminī		sollicitābantur
	future	sollicitābor		sollicitāberis, sollicitābere		sollicitābitur		sollicitābimur		sollicitābiminī		sollicitābuntur
	perfect	sollicitātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	sollicitātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	sollicitātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	sollicitem		sollicitēs		sollicitet		sollicitēmus		sollicitētis		sollicitent
	imperfect	sollicitārem		sollicitārēs		sollicitāret		sollicitārēmus		sollicitārētis		sollicitārent
	perfect	sollicitāverim		sollicitāverīs		sollicitāverit		sollicitāverīmus		sollicitāverītis		sollicitāverint
	pluperfect	sollicitāvissem		sollicitāvissēs		sollicitāvisset		sollicitāvissēmus		sollicitāvissētis		sollicitāvissent
passive	present	solliciter		sollicitēris, sollicitēre		sollicitētur		sollicitēmur		sollicitēminī		sollicitentur
	imperfect	sollicitārer		sollicitārēris, sollicitārēre		sollicitārētur		sollicitārēmur		sollicitārēminī		sollicitārentur
	perfect	sollicitātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	sollicitātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		sollicitā		—		—		sollicitāte		—
	future	—		sollicitātō		sollicitātō		—		sollicitātōte		sollicitantō
passive	present	—		sollicitāre		—		—		sollicitāminī		—
	future	—		sollicitātor		sollicitātor		—		—		sollicitantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		sollicitāre			sollicitārī, sollicitārier1			sollicitāns			—
future		sollicitātūrum esse			sollicitātum īrī			sollicitātūrus			sollicitandus
perfect		sollicitāvisse			sollicitātum esse			—			sollicitātus
future perfect		—			sollicitātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		sollicitātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		sollicitandī		sollicitandō		sollicitandum		sollicitandō		sollicitātum		sollicitātū

   Conjugation of sollicitō (first conjugation)

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Descendants

• French: soucier
• >? Italian: sollecitare
• → Catalan: sol·licitar
• → English: solicit
• → French: solliciter
• → Galician: solicitar
• → Occitan: sollicitar
• → Portuguese: solicitar
• → Spanish: solicitar

Adjective

sollicitō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sollicitus

References

• “sollicito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sollicito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sollicito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • something harasses me, makes me anxious: aliquid me sollicitat, me sollicitum habet, mihi sollicitudini est, mihi sollicitudinem affert
    
  • anxiety troubles and torments one: cura sollicitat angitque aliquem
    
  • to stir up the lower classes: plebem concitare, sollicitare