sollicito Latin · revision 30685

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=ine-pro *sol(h₂)-no-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sollicitō''' (present infinitive sollicitāre, perfect active sollicitāvī, supine sollicitātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''sōlicitō''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|sollicitus|-ō|t1=troubled, anxious]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan explains ⟨sollicitus⟩ as “wholly stirred”, from [[m|la|sollus|t=whole]] and ⟨citus⟩, the participle of [[m|la|cieō|t=to set in motion]]; ⟨sollus⟩ goes back to [[ine-pro|*sol(h₂)-no-|t=whole]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Ennius, ''Annals'', of Histrians harassing a tribune with a shower of weapons.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan records it from Plautus on.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The physical sense is to disturb with repeated blows, to harass, and to tug at or shake (Virgil of a hand working at a spearhead in a wound); in Lucretius and Virgil it is to stir into life, and to rouse desire.^(OLD 2012) Plautus uses it for pestering people with visits and requests (''quid hunc sollicitās?'', “why are you pestering him?”) and for worries that torment (''aurum … quod mē sollicitat'', “the gold that worries me”).^(OLD 2012) It is to provoke a god's anger (Livy), to work on someone's mind, to tamper with slaves (Cicero), to incite to revolt (Cicero of the Allobroges), to try to seduce (Ovid), to obtain by suborning, and to tempt.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “solicit, tempt, seduce”, and in the passive “be solicitous, be conscientious”.^(Stelten 1995) English ''solicit'' (early 15th century) first meant “to disturb, trouble”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of harassing a tribune.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of pestering and of worry.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of inciting envoys to revolt.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English [[m|en|solicit]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|harass]], disturb; to shake, tug at.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To pester, importune.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To worry, distress, [[m|en|vex]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To stir, rouse, excite; to provoke.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To work upon, tamper with; to incite (to revolt).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|tempt]], [[m|en|seduce]], solicit.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sollicitātiō]]

+ * [[sollicitātor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sollicitus]]

+ * [[sollicitūdō]]

+ * [[cieō]]

+ * [[en|solicit]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}