sollicitus Latin · revision 18036

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la sollus, la cieō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [sɔlˈlɪ.kɪ.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [solˈliː.t͡ʃi.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sollicitus''' (feminine sollicita, neuter sollicitum, comparative sollicitior); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''sōlicitus''; the superlative is rare.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|sollus|t=whole, entire]] and [[m|la|citus|t=stirred]], the participle of [[m|la|cieō|t=to set in motion]]: “stirred through and through”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces [[m|la|sollus]] to [[itc-pro|*sollo-|t=whole]] and [[ine-pro|*sol(h₂)-no-]] or [[m|ine-pro|*solh₂wo-]], cognate with [[osc|sullus|t=all]] and [[cy|holl|t=all]]; [[m|la|cieō]] goes back to [[ine-pro|*(ḱ)ei(h₂)-|t=to start to move]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) who has ''ut miserae mātrēs sollicitaeque ex animō sunt!'', “how wretched and anxious mothers are at heart!”, and ''mē hodiē nimis sollicitum cliēns quīdam habuit'', “a client kept me far too busy today”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Sollicitus'' is first “constantly agitated, restless” (Virgil: ''mare sollicitum''), of a country “in turmoil”, of the senses “disturbed”, and of persons “kept busy”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Its main sense is “troubled in mind, anxious, uneasy” (Cicero: ''videō vōs … dē meō perīculō esse sollicitōs''), of feelings and words “anxious” (Horace: ''sollicitā prece''), and of times and riches “full of worry”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) It is also “anxiously careful, attentive”, and of a speech “over-elaborate” (Quintilian).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “solicitous, anxious, careful, concerned, diligent”,^(Stelten 1995) and medieval Latin uses it for “careful, attentive”.^(Niermeyer 1976) English [[m|en|solicitous]] comes from it in the 1560s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''miserae mātrēs sollicitaeque''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''dē meō perīculō … sollicitōs''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil: ''mare sollicitum''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1560s – English [[m|en|solicitous]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Agitated, restless; in turmoil.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Busy, kept occupied.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|anxious]], troubled, uneasy, worried.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Full of anxiety (of times, wealth).^(OLD 2012)

+ # Careful, attentive, [[m|en|solicitous]]; over-elaborate.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sollicitō]]

+ * [[sollicitūdō]]

+ * [[sollicitē]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cieō]]

+ * [[sollemnis]]

+ * [[sollers]]

+ * [[sollicitātiō]]

+ * [[sollicitātor]]

+ * [[solliferreum]]

+ * [[sollus]]

+ * [[en|solicitous]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}