sollicite Latin · revision 34005

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=4 BC–65 AD, Seneca|origins=la sollicitus}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sollicitē''' (comparative sollicitius, superlative sollicitissimē)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sollicitus|-ē|t1=troubled, anxious]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Georges cites it first from Seneca, of anxiety.^(Georges 1913) Köbler dates it from Pliny the Elder.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means with a troubled mind, anxiously, as in Seneca and Silius Italicus,^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) and more often with anxious care, carefully:^(OLD 2012) Seneca says the tongue must be carefully guarded even among the drunk, and Quintilian speaks of distinctions drawn more carefully and at greater length.^(OLD 2012) Pliny the Younger uses it of people preparing a reading, and Suetonius says that Claudius took the greatest care over the grain supply.^(OLD 2012) Gellius has a question examined accurately and carefully, and Augustine warns that pride must be most carefully avoided in teaching.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca of guarding the tongue.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian in the comparative.^(OLD 2012)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius of Claudius' care for the grain supply.^(OLD 2012)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius of a careful inquiry.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 354–430 AD – Augustine on pride in teaching.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|anxiously|alt=Anxiously]], with a troubled mind.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # With anxious care, [[m|en|carefully]], [[m|en|scrupulously]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sollicitus]]

+ * [[sollicitō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}