sollicito

See also: sol·licito

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sɔlˈlɪ.kɪ.toː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [solˈliː.t͡ʃi.t̪o]

Verb

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

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.)
to solicit, tempt, seduce, attract, induce
Synonyms: indūcō, sēdūcō, alliciō, dēdūcō, persuādeō, pelliciō, perdūcō, capiō
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
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	sollicitā		—	—	sollicitāte		—
active	future	—	sollicitātō		sollicitātō	—	sollicitātōte		sollicitantō
passive	present	—	sollicitāre		—	—	sollicitāminī		—
passive	future	—	sollicitātor		sollicitātor	—	—		sollicitantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		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

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

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^[1], 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