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

Conjugation of sollicitō (first 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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		sollicitāre	sollicitāvisse	sollicitātūrum esse	sollicitārī, sollicitārier1	sollicitātum esse	sollicitātum īrī
participles		sollicitāns	—	sollicitātūrus	—	sollicitātus	sollicitandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		sollicitandī	sollicitandō	sollicitandum	sollicitandō	sollicitātum	sollicitātū

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