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Sŏli (collat. form Soloe, Mel. 1, 13, 2; Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 92), ōrum, m., = Σόλοι.

  1. I. A town of Cilicia, afterwards called Pompeiopolis, now Mezetli, Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 41; Liv. 33, 20, 4; 37, 56, 8.
    Hence, Sŏleus, ei, m., = Σολεύς, of Soli: Milon, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 146.
  2. II. A town of Cyprus, now Solia, Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 130 (Jan. Soloe).

sŏlĭar, āris, n. [solium], a covering for the feet, Varr. ap. Non. 3, 25; Fest. s. v. solla, pp. 298 and 299 Müll.

* sōlĭcănus, a, um, adj. [solus-cano], singing alone: Musae, Mart. Cap. 2, § 127.

sōlĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. [sol], a sunning, a transl. of the Gr. ἡλίωσις (late Lat.), Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 2, 18.

† sŏloecismus (sŏlĭcismus, Aus. Epigr. 138), i, m., = σολοικισμός.

  1. I. Lit., a grammatical fault in the construction of a sentence, a solecism (cf. stribligo): vitia in sermone, quo minus is Latinus sit, duo possunt esse: soloecismus et barbarismus. Soloecismus est, cum in verbis pluribus consequens verbum superiori non accommodatur. Barbarismus est, cum verbum aliquod vitiose effertur, Auct. Her. 4, 12, 17; cf. Sinn. Capito ap. Gell. 5, 20, 1 (who called it, in pure Latin, imparilitas); Quint. 1, 5, 16; 1, 5, 36 sq.; Sen. Suas. 2, § 13; Gell. 1, 7, 3; Juv. 6, 452; Aus. Epigr. 138; Tert. adv. Nat. 1, 3.
  2. II. Transf., a fault, in gen., Mart. 11, 19, 2: apud Christianos soloecismus est magnus et vitium, turpe quid vel narrare vel facere, Hier. in Helv. 16.

sōlĭcĭtātio, sōlĭcĭto, sōlĭcĭtus, etc., v. soll-.

sollĭcĭtātĭo (sōlĭc-), ōnis, f. [sollicito].

  1. I. Vexation, anxiety: nuptiarum, i. e. on account of, Ter. And. 1, 5, 26.
  2. II. An inciting, instigating, instigation (good prose): omnium, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 2: Allobrogum, Cic. Cat. 3, 9, 22: Diogenis, id. Clu. 19, 53.
    Plur.: sollicitationibus expugnari, seductions, allurements, Sen. Contr. 2, 15 med.: sollicitationibus periclitari, to find by trial, Caes. B. G. 2, 8 (dub.).

sollĭcĭtātor (sōlic-), ōris, m. [sollicito], a tempter, seducer (post-Aug.): alienarum nuptiarum, Dig. 47, 11, 1; 11, 3, 14 fin.; Sen. Contr. 2, 15 med.: servi, Dig. 11, 3, 11; 11, 3, 14.

sollĭcĭto (sōlĭ-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [sollicitus], to disturb, stir, agitate, move; to distress, harass, make uneasy, vex, solicit, tempt, seduce, attract, induce.

  1. I. Lit., to stir, put in lively motion, move violently, disturb, shake, exercise (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    1. A. Histri tela manu jacientes sollicitabant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 438 Vahl.): myropolas omnes sollicito; ubicumque unguentum est, ungor, keep them busy, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 10: nec fas esse, quod sit fundatum perpetuo aevo, sollicitare suis .. ex sedibus, Lucr. 5, 162: pinnisque repente sollicitant divum nocturno tempore lucos, id. 4, 1008; 2, 965: teneram ferro sollicitavit humum, stirred, i. e. by the plough, Tib. 1, 7, 30; so, tellurem, Verg. G. 2, 418: herbae, Quas tellus, nullo sollicitante (i. e. eam) dabat, Ov. F. 4, 396: remis freta, Verg. G. 2, 503: spicula dextrā, id. A. 12, 404: totum tremoribus orbem, Ov. M. 6, 699: stamina docto Pollice, pregn., excite by handling, id. ib. 11, 169 (v. II. B. 1. infra): stomachum vomitu, alvum purgatione, to move, Cels. 1 praef. fin.: mox, velut aurā sollicitante, provecti longius, as if a breeze were moving us on, Quint. 12, prooem. 2: hic (spiritus naturae), quamdiu non … pellitur, jacet innoxius … ubi illum extrinsecus superveniens causa sollicitat, compellitque et in artum agit, etc., stirs up, Sen. Q. N. 6, 18, 2: sollicitavit aquas remis, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 2: lucus, qui primus anhelis sollicitatur equis, id. Idyll. 1, 3: seu remige Medo sollicitatur Athos, id. Ruf. 1, 336: Maenalias feras, to hunt, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 14: ne salebris sollicitentur apes, Col. 9, 8, 3.
      Of a river: cum Danubius non jam radices nec media montium stringit, sed juga ipsa sollicitat, Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 9.
      In mal. part., Ov. Am. 3, 7, 74; Mart. 11, 22, 4; 11, 46, 4; Petr. 20, 2.
    2. B. To produce by stirring, excite, cause to come forth, to arouse, draw out (rare): radices in ipsā arbore sollicitando, by starting roots from the tree (cf. the context), Plin. 17, 13, 21, § 98; cf.: sollicitatur id in nobis quod diximus ante semen, Lucr. 4, 1037.
  2. II. Trop., = sollicitum facere.
    1. A. With the notion of distress, to cause distress, anxiety, uneasiness, to distress, disturb.
      1. 1. Of the body (very rare and poet.): mala copia Aegrum sollicitat stomachum, distresses, Hor. S. 2, 2, 43.
      2. 2. Of the mind; constr. with acc. of person, with animum, etc.
          1. (α) To fill with apprehension, cause fear, suspense of the mind, and anxiety for the future; and pass., = sollicitum esse, to be distressed, to torment one’s self: nunc ibo ut visam, estne id aurum ut condidi, quod me sollicitat miserum plurimis modis, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 26: certo scio, non ut Flamininum sollicitari te, Tite, sic noctesque diesque, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1: jamdudum equidem sentio, suspicio quae te sollicitet, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 50: sicine me atque illam operā tuā nunc miseros sollicitarier? Ter. And. 4, 2, 6: egon’ id timeo? Ph. Quid te ergo aliud sollicitat? id. Eun. 1, 2, 82; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 10: aut quid sit id quod sollicitere ad hunc modum? id. Hec. 4, 4, 54: me autem jam et mare istuc et terra sollicitat, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1: an dubitas quin ea me cura (pro genero et filio) vehementissime sollicitet? id. Fam. 2, 16, 5: multa sunt quae me sollicitant anguntque, id. Att. 1, 18, 1: ne cujus metu sollicitaret animos sociorum, Liv. 45, 28 med.: cum Scipionem exspectatio successoris sollicitaret, id. 30, 36 fin.: desiderantem quod satis est neque Tumultuosum sollicitat mare, Nec, etc., Hor. C. 3, 1, 26; cf. Mart. 7, 54, 2.
            With de: de posteris nostris et de illā immortalitate rei publicae sollicitor, quae, etc., Cic. Rep. 3, 29, 41.
            Hence, like verbs of fearing, with ne, that (lest): et Quibus nunc sollicitor rebus! ne aut ille alserit, Aut uspiam ceciderit, etc., Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 11: sollicitari se simulans, ne in ejus perniciem conspirarent, Amm. 14, 7, 9.
            Also with quod, like verbs of emotion: me illa cura sollicitat angitque vehementer, quod … nihil a te, nihil ex istis locis … affluxit, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1.
          2. (β) More rarely, to grieve, afflict, make wretched: istuc facinus quod tuom sollicitat animum, id ego feci, Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 8: sed erile scelus me sollicitat, id. Rud. 1, 3, 19: cur meam senectutem hujus sollicito amentiā? why do I make my old age miserable by, etc., Ter. And. 5, 3, 16: haec cura (ob miserum statum rei publicae) sollicitat et hunc meum socium, Cic. Brut. 97, 331.
            With subject-clause: nihil me magis sollicitat quam … non me ridere tecum, Cic. Fam. 2, 12, 1.
          3. (γ) To disturb the rest or repose of a person or community, to trouble, harass, = perturbare: quid me quaeris? quid laboras? quid hunc sollicitas? Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 15; so, quae roget, ne se sollicitare velis, Ov. A. A. 1, 484: temeritas et libido et ignavia semper animum excruciant, et semper sollicitant, Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 50: anxitudo, prona ad luctum et maerens, semperque ipsa se sollicitans, id. Rep. Fragm. 2, 41, 68: quoniam rebellando saepius nos sollicitant, Liv. 8, 13, 13: finitimi populi, qui castra, non urbem positam in medio ad sollicitandam omnium pacem crediderant, to disturb the peace, id. 1, 21, 2: unde neque ille sollicitare quietae civitatis statum possit, id. 21, 10, 12; so, pacem, id. 34, 16 fin.: ira Jovis sollicitati prava religione, id. 1, 31, 8: ea cura quietos (deos) sollicitat, Verg. A. 4, 380: alium ambitio numquam quieta sollicitat, Sen. Cons. Polyb. 4 (23), 2: eum non metus sollicitabit, id. ib. 9 (28), 4: (voluptas) licet alia ex aliis admoveat, quibus totos partesque nostri sollicitet, id. Vit. Beat. 5, 4: et magnum bello sollicitare Jovem, Ov. F. 5, 40: sollicitatque feros non aequis viribus hostes, Luc. 4, 665: ut me nutricibus, me aviae educanti, me omnibus qui sollicitare illas aetates solent, praeferret, Quint. 6, prooem. § 8: sollicitare manes, to disturb the dead by mentioning their names: parce, precor, manes sollicitare meos, Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 32; cf.: cur ad mentionem defunctorum testamur, memoriam eorum a nobis non sollicitari? Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 23.
            Hence, pregn.: sollicito manes, I disturb the dead, Ov. M. 6, 699: sollicitare umbras = ciere, citare, in necromancy, Manil. 1, 93.
    2. B. Without the idea of distress or uneasiness.
      1. 1. To stir, rouse, excite, incite (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): unicus est de quo sollicitamur honor, Ov. F. 6, 10, 76: sollicitatque deas, id. M. 4, 473: vanis maritum sollicitat precibus, id. ib. 9, 683: quoque Musarum studium a nocte silenti Sollicitare solet, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. praef. 12: cupidinem lentum sollicitas, Hor. C. 4, 13, 6: labris quae poterant ipsum sollicitare Jovem, Mart. 66, 16: me nova sollicitat, me tangit serior aetas, Ov. Am. 2, 4, 45: deinde (luxuria) frugalitatem professos sollicitat, Sen. Ep. 56, 10.
        Hence,
      2. 2. To attract, to tempt, to invite (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): si quis dotatam uxorem habet, eum hominem sollicitat sopor, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 15 Lorenz: nullum sollicitant haec, Flacce, toreumata canem, Mart. 12, 74, 5: cum, mira specie, feminarum sollicitaret oculos, Val. Max. 4, 5, 1 ext.: non deest forma quae sollicitet oculos, Sen. Ep. 88, 7: in his (praediis venalibus) me multa sollicitant, Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 1: quibuscum delinimentis potest animos omnium sollicitat, Just. 21, 1, 5: omni studio sollicitatum spe regni, id. 8, 3, 8: in Graeciam Philippus cum venisset, sollicitatus paucarum civitatum direptione (i. e. spe diripiendi), id. 9, 1: sollicitati praeda, id. 23, 1, 10; 2, 13 fin.: te plaga lucida caeli … sollicitet, Stat. Th. 1, 27: magno praemio sollicitatus, bribed, Front. Strat. 3, 6, 4.
        So, to attract the attention, occupy the mind: ut vix umquam ita sollicitari partibus earum debeamus ut non et summae meminerimus, Quint. 11, 3, 151.
  3. III. Transf., to incite one to do something.
    1. A. To urge to wrong-doing, to inveigle, seduce, incite, stimulate, provoke, tempt, abet (class.).
      1. 1. Absol.: servum sollicitare verbis, spe promissisque corrumpere, contra dominum armare, Cic. Deiot. 11, 30: non sollicitabit rursus agrarios? id. Phil. 7, 6, 18: sollicitant homines imperitos Saxo et Cafo, id. ib. 10, 10, 22: necare eandem voluit: quaesivit venenum; sollicitavit quos potuit, id. Cael. 13, 31: Milo … quos ex aere alieno laborare arbitrabatur, sollicitabat, Caes. B. C. 3, 22: quos ingenti pecuniae spe sollicitaverant vestri (sc. to murder Philip), Curt. 4, 1, 12: ipsam ingentibus sollicitare datis, Ov. M. 6, 463: pretio sperare sollicitari animos egentium, Cic. Cat. 4, 8, 17; Liv. 2, 42, 6; Nep. Paus. 3, 6.
        So esp. milit. t. t., = temptare (freq. in the historians), to strive to win over, tempt, instigate, incite to defection, attack, etc.: ad sollicitandas civitates, Caes. B. G. 7, 63: Germanos Transrhenanos sollicitare dicebantur, id. ib. 5, 2; so id. B. C. 3, 21; id. B. G. 5, 55; 6, 2; 7, 53; 7, 54: servitia urbana sollicitare, Sall. C. 24 fin.: nobilissimos Hispanos in Italiam ad sollicitandos populares … miserunt, Liv. 24, 49, 8: vicinos populos haud ambigue sollicitari, id. 8, 23, 2: ad continendas urbes, quas illinc Eumenes, hinc Romani sollicitabant, id. 37, 8, 5: num sollicitati animi sociorum ab rege Perseo essent, id. 42, 19 fin.: omnes sollicitatos legationibus Persei, sed egregie in fide permanere, id. 42, 26 fin.; so, diu, id. 31, 5, 8; 40, 57, 2; 41, 23, 7; 45, 35, 8: interim qui Persas sollicitarent mittuntur, Curt. 5, 10, 9; Suet. Oth. 5; id. Ner. 13; id. Tit. 9; Nep. Paus. 3, 6.
      2. 2. With ad and acc.: in servis ad hospitem necandum sollicitatis, Cic. Cael. 21, 51: servum ad venenum dandum, id. Clu. 16, 47: opifices et servitia ad Lentulum eripiendum, Sall. C. 50, 1: qui ultro ad transeundum hostes vocabant sollicitabantque, Liv. 25, 15, 5.
        After in: cum milites ad proditionem, amicos ad perniciem meam pecunia sollicitet, Curt. 4, 11, 1.
      3. 3. With ut: civitates sollicitant ut in libertate permanere vellent, Caes. B. G. 3, 8: se sollicitatum esse ut regnare vellet, Cic. Fam. 15, 2, 6: missis ad accolas Histri, ut in Italiam irrumperent sollicitandos, Liv 39, 35: Darei litterae quibus Graeci milites sollicitabantur ut regem interficerent, Curt. 4, 10, 16.
      4. 4. With gen., gerund., and causa: comperi legatos Allobrogum tumultus Gallici excitandi causa a P. Lentulo esse sollicitatos, Cic. Cat. 3, 2, 4.
      5. 5. With in and acc. (post-class.; the prevailing constr. in Just.): amicum in adulterium uxoris sollicitatum, Just. 1, 7, 18: Alexander in Italiam sollicitatus, urgently invited, id. 12, 2, 1: Iones sollicitare in partes suas statuit, id. 2, 12, 1: qui Peloponnenses in societatem armorum sollicitaret, id. 13, 5; so id. 13, 5, 10; 32, 4, 1; 29, 4, 5.
      6. 6. With acc. of abstract objects (poet.): nuptae sollicitare fidem (= nuptam sollicitare ad fidem violandam), to make attempts against, Ov. H. 16 (17), 4; cf. id. Am. 3, 1, 50; id. M. 6, 463; 7, 721; id. P. 3, 3, 50.
    2. B. In gen., without implying an evil purpose, to induce, incite, stimulate, solicit, urge, invite, exhort, move (poet. and in postAug. prose): antequam est ad hoc opus (historiam scribendi) sollicitatus, induced to undertake this work, Quint. 10, 1, 74: quae Hecubae maritum posset ad Hectoreos sollicitare rogos, Mart. 6, 7, 4: cum, sollicitatus ex urbe Roma (a Mithridate), praecepta pro se mitteret, Plin. 25, 2, 3, § 6: sollicitandi (parentes) ad hunc laborem erant, it was necessary to give inducements to the parents to undertake this labor, Sen. Ben. 3, 11, 1: cum juventutem ad imitationem sui sollicitaret, id. Cons. Helv. 10, 10: alios Orientis regis ut idem postularent sollicitare temptavit, Suet. Dom. 2: juvenum … corpora nunc pretio, nunc ille hortantibus ardens sollicitat dictis, Stat. Th. 2, 485: sollicitat tunc ampla viros ad praemia cursu celeres, id. ib. 6, 550: ut per praecones susceptores sollicitarent, Just. 8, 3, 8: Alexander in Italiam a Tarentinis sollicitatus, id. 12, 2, 1: avaritia sollicitatus (= permotus), id. 32, 2, 1: sollicitatoque juvene ad colloquium, allured him to the conference, id. 38, 1, 9: hoc maxime sollicitatus ad amicitiam, Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 85: serpentes sollicitant ad se avis, id. 8, 23, 35, § 85: hyaena ad sollicitandos canes, id. 8, 30, 44, § 106: velut vacua possessione sollicitatus, Just. 31, 3, 2: remansit in caelibatu, neque sollicitari ulla condicione amplius potuit (i. e. ad uxorem ducendam), Suet. Galb. 5: quod me, tamquam tirunculum, sollicitavit ad emendum (signum), Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 4: ut ex copia studiosorum circumspicias praeceptores quos sollicitare possimus (sc. ut huc veniant), id. 4, 13, 11.
      With inf. (poet.): finemque expromere rerum sollicitat superos, urgently implores to disclose the issue, Luc. 5, 69: cum rapiant mala facta bonos … sollicitor nullos esse putare deos, Ov. Am. 3, 8, 36; cf.: sollicitat spatium decurrere amoris, Lucr. 4, 1196.
      With ne: maritum sollicitat precibus, ne spem sibi ponat in arte, Ov. M. 9, 683.

sollĭcĭtūdo (sōlic-), ĭnis, f. [sollicitus, II.],

  1. I. uneasiness of mind, care, disquiet, anxiety, solicitude (class.; used equally in sing. and plur.; syn.: aegritudo, dolor, anxietas): sollicitudo aegritudo cum cogitatione, Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 18: quibus nunc me esse experior summae sollicitudini, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 77: istaec mihi res sollicitudini’st, Ter. Phorm. 4, 1, 22: aliquem afficere curā et sollicitudine, id. ib. 2, 4, 1: vita vacua metu, curā, sollicitudine, Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26; id. Tusc. 1, 40, 96: sollicitudo animi, id. Clu. 18, 51: sollicitudinem falsam mittere, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 3: sed dices, me ipsum mihi sollicitudinem struere, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 3: ne tu me sollicitudine magnā liberaris, id. ib. 6, 1, 11: duplex nos afficit sollicitudo, id. Brut. 97, 332: tibi sollicitudinem adferre, id. Fam. 9, 17, 3: sollicitudinem sustineo, id. ib. 10, 4, 4: quaenam sollicitudo vexaret impios sublato suppliciorum metu? id. Leg. 1, 14, 40: sollicitudine provinciae urgebamur, id. Att. 6, 5, 3: te torquerier omni Sollicitudine districtum, Hor. S. 2, 8, 68; cf. Sen. Cons. Polyb. 4 (23), 2 et saep.
    Plur., Ter. And. 4, 1, 27; Cic. Off. 3, 21, 84; id. Fin. 1, 16, 51; id. Div. 2, 72, 150; id. Att. 1, 18, 2; Hor. C. 1, 18, 4; id. Epod. 13, 10.
    Prov.: amor otiosae causa est sollicitudinis, Publ. Syr. v. 34 Rib.
          1. (β) With gen. obj.: nuptiarum, Ter. And. 1, 5, 26: gemmarum, i. e. care lest they be broken to pieces, Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 25.
  2. II. Transf., care, forethought, duty, responsibility (late Lat.): cursūs vehicularis, Dig. 50, 4, 18: sollicitudinem cursualem agere, Cod. Th. 6, 29, 7: castella quae sollicitudo pervigil veterum per opportunos saltus erexit, Amm. 14, 8, 13.

sollĭcĭtus (sōlĭcĭtus), a, um, adj. [sollus-cieo; cf. sollicito], thoroughly moved, agitated, disturbed.

  1. I. Of physical motion (poet. and rare).
      1. 1. As attrib. of motus, restless, unceasing: quae sollicito motu carerent, referring to the elements in constant motion, as air, water, etc., Lucr. 1, 343: sic igitur penitus qui in ferro’st abditus aër Sollicito motu semper jactatur, i. e. an unceasing air-current within the iron, to explain its attraction by the magnet, id. 6, 1038.
      2. 2. Of the sea agitated by storms: ut mare sollicitum stridet, Verg. G. 4, 262.
      3. 3. Pregn., with the idea of distress (v. II. B.): utile sollicitae sidus utrumque rati, to a ship in distress, Ov. F. 5, 720: sollicitae porro plenaeque sonoribus aures, agitated, vibrating (by disease), Lucr. 6, 1185: corpus, Sen. Herc. Fur. 1299.
      4. 4. Sollicitum habere (cf. II. A. and B. infra), = sollicitare: omnes sollicitos habui, kept them busy, on the move, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 52 Donat. ad loc.
  2. II. Of mental affections, full of anxiety, excitement, distracted by cares, engaged, troubled, disturbed (opp. quietus).
    1. A. Of cares of business; esp. sollicitum habere, to keep busy, engaged (Plaut. and Ter.): (clientes) qui neque leges colunt, neque, etc., sollicitos patronos habent, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 12 Brix ad loc.; 4, 2, 21: quorum negotiis nos absentum sollicitae noctes et dies sumus semper, id. Stich. 1, 1, 6: hem, tot mea Solius solliciti sunt curā, of servants busy in attending their master, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 77: numquid vis? Py. Ne magis sim pulcer quam sum: ita me mea forma habet sollicitum, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 95; cf.: Hispaniae armis sollicitae, Sall. H. 1, 48 Dietsch.
    2. B. Of restlessness from fear, suspense, etc., full of anxiety, agitated, alarmed, solicitous, anxious (opp. securus; freq. and class.): sollicitum habere, to fill with apprehension and fear, keep in anxiety; constr.,
      1. 1. Absol.: in quibus si non erunt insidiae … animus tamen erit sollicitus, Cic. Phil. 12, 11, 36: diutius videtur velle eos habere sollicitos a quibus se putat diuturnioribus esse molestiis conflictatum, id. Fam. 6, 13, 3: quae maxime angere atque sollicitam habere vestram aetatem videtur, id. Sen. 19, 66: sollicitum te habebat cogitatio periculi mei, id. Fam. 7, 3, 1; so id. Att. 2, 18, 1; id. Sest. 11, 25: initia rerum quae … sollicitam Italiam habebant, Caes. B. C. 3, 22: cum satis per se ipsum Samnitium bellum et, … sollicitos haberet patres, Liv. 8, 29, 1: solliciti et incerti rerum suarum Megaram referre signa jubent, id. 24, 23, 5: sollicitae ac suspensae civitati, id. 27, 50 med.: quid illis nos sollicitis ac pendentibus animi renuntiare jubetis, id. 7, 30, 22: sollicitae mentes, Ov. F 3, 362: pectus, id. M. 2, 125: mens, Curt. 4, 13, 2: animi, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 18: ego percussorem meum securum ambulare patiar, me sollicito? Sen. Clem. 1, 9, 4: sollicitus est et incertus sui quem spes aliqua proritat, id. Ep. 23, 2: ut sollicitus sim cum Saturnus et Mars ex contrario stabunt, alarmed, id. ib. 88, 14: fertur sollicitas tenuisse deas, kept them in anxious suspense, Stat. Achill. 2, 338: nunc sollicitam timor anxius angit, Verg. A. 9, 89.
        And opposed to securus and securitas: quid est turpius quam in ipso limine securitatis esse sollicitum? Sen. Ep. 22, 5: securo nihil est te pejus, eodem Sollicito nihil est te melius, Mart. 4, 83, 1; so id. 5, 31, 8; Sen. Ep. 124, 19; Quint. 11, 3, 151; Tac. H. 4, 58.
      2. 2. With abl.: sollicitam mihi civitatem suspitione, suspensam metu … tradidistis, Cic. Agr. 1, 8, 23: Sophocles, ancipiti sententiarum eventu diu sollicitus, Val. Max. 9, 12, 5 ext.
      3. 3. With de: sollicitus eram de rebus urbanis, Cic. Fam. 2, 12, 1: de tuā valetudine, id. ib. 16, 7, 1: sollicita civitas de Etruriae defectione fuit, Liv. 27, 21 med.: sollicitum te esse scribis de judicii eventu, Sen. Ep. 24, 1: desii jam de te esse sollicitus, id. ib. 82, 1.
      4. 4. With pro: ne necesse sit unum sollicitum esse pro pluribus, Cic. Lael. 13, 45.
      5. 5. With propter: sollicitus propter iniquitatem locorum, Liv. 38, 40, 9; 44, 3, 5 infra.
      6. 6. With adverb. acc. vicem, for the fate of: sollicito consuli et propter itineris difficultatem et eorum vicem, … nuntius occurrit, Liv. 44, 3, 5: ut meam quoque, non solum reipublicae vicem videretur sollicitus, id. 28, 43, 9: clamor undique ab sollicitis vicem imperatoris militibus sublatus, id. 28, 19, 17.
      7. 7. With gen.: non sollicitus futuri, pendet (filius tuus mortuus), Sen. Cons. Marc. 19, 6.
      8. 8. With dat. (late Lat.): ne solliciti sitis animae vestrae, neque corpori vestro, Vulg. Matt. 6, 25.
      9. 9. With ex: ex hoc misera sollicita’st, diem Quia olim in hunc, etc., Ter. And. 1, 5, 33: haec turba sollicita ex temerariā regis fiduciā, Curt. 3, 1, 17.
      10. 10. With ne, like verbs of fearing: (mater) sollicita est ne eundem conspiciat, etc., Cic. Mur. 41, 88: legati Romanorum circuire urbes, solliciti ne Aetoli partis alicujus animos ad Antiochum avertissent, apprehensive, Liv. 35, 31, 1: sollicitis populis ne suas operiant terras, Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 104: sollicitus Solon, ne tacendo parum reipublicae consuleret, Just. 2, 7, 9; Front. Strat. 1, 1, 6.
      11. 11. With interrog.-clause: solliciti erant quo evasura esset res, Liv. 30, 21 init.: quam sim sollicitus, quidnam futurum sit, Cic. Att. 8, 6, 3.
    3. C. In gen., troubled, disturbed, afflicted, grieved; constr. absol., with abl. alone, or with de: sollicitus mihi nescio quā re videtur, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 30: neque est consentaneum ullam honestam rem, ne sollicitus sis … deponere, lest you be troubled by cares, Cic. Lael. 13, 47: vehementer te esse sollicitum et praecipuo quodam dolore angi, id. Fam. 4, 3, 1: vehementer populum sollicitum fuisse de P. Sullae morte, id. ib. 9, 10, 3: num eum postea censes anxio animo aut sollicito fuisse, afflicted by remorse, id. Fin. 2, 17, 55: hoc genus omne Maestum ac sollicitum est cantoris morte Tigelli, Hor. S. 1, 2, 3.
    4. D. Excited, passionate (rare): qui, ut sint pudici, solliciti tamen et anxii sunt, Cic. Tusc. 4, 33, 70: atqui sollicitae nuntius hospitae, Suspirare Chloen .. Dicens, etc., Hor. C. 3, 7, 9; so, = avidus, with gen. or de (poet. and post-class.): hominem cuppedinis sollicitum, Lucr. 5, 46: de regno sollicitus ( = avidus regni potiundi), Just. 1, 10, 6.
    5. E. Very careful for, concerned in, punctilious, particular about (post-Aug.; freq.); constr. absol., with de, circa, in, or obj.-inf.: ne decet quidem, ubi maxima rerum monumenta versantur, de verbis esse sollicitum, Quint. 8, 3, 13: de quorum sumus judicio solliciti, for whose judgment we care, id. 10, 7, 24: dixit Cicero, non se de ingenii famā, sed de fide esse sollicitum, id. 11, 1, 74: nec sum in hoc sollicitus, dum res ipsa appareat, id. 8, 4, 15: eloquentia non in verba sollicita, Sen. Ben. 7, 8, 2: si tamen contingere eloquentia non sollicito potest, id. Ep. 75, 5: cur abis, non sollicitus prodesse bonis, nocere malis? id. Hippol. 976; cf. in double sense, Mart. 4, 83, 2 and 5.
  3. F. = sollicitatus (v. sollicito; poet.): solliciti jaceant terrāque premantur iniquā qui, etc., without repose, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 15.
  4. III. Of abstr. and inanim. things.
      1. 1. In gen., solicitous, mournful, full of or connected with cares and anxiety, anxious, disturbed (class.; often approaching the signif. II.): scio quam timida sit ambitio, et quam sollicita sit cupiditas consulatūs, how full of cares is the desire for the consulship, Cic. Mil. 16, 42: id est proprium civitatis ut sit libera et non sollicita rei cujusque custodia, i. e. that nobody be disturbed in the quiet possession of his property, id. Off. 2, 22, 78: est enim metus futurae aegritudinis sollicita exspectatio, id. Tusc. 5, 18, 52: quam sit omnis amor sollicitus et anxius, fraught with solicitude, id. Att. 2, 24, 1: assentior, sollicitam et periculosam justitiam non esse sapientis, id. Fragm. Rep. ap. Prisc. p. 801 P. (Rep. 3, 27, 39): sollicitam lucem rapuisti Ciceroni, the mournful light, i. e. life, Vell. 2, 66: in sollicito civitatis statu, Quint. 6, 1, 16: Hermagoras, vir diligentiae nimium sollicitae, evercareful, id. 3, 11, 22: sollicitum dicendi propositum, anxiously accurate, id. 11, 1, 32: sollicita parentis diligentia, earnest care, id. 6, prooem. 1; so id. 6, 12, 16: sollicitae actiones, carefully elaborated, id. 4, 1, 57: causae sollicitae (opp. securae), very doubtful cases, i. e. in which there is anxious suspense about the issue, id. 11, 3, 151: captarum (ferarum) sollicita possessio; saepe enim laniant dominos, Sen. Vit. Beat. 14, 2: maxima quaeque bona sollicita sunt, id. ib. 17, 4; id. Ep. 14, 18: noctes, id. Ira, 2, 20, 1: tutela, id. Cons. Marc. 11, 3: sollicitos fecisti, Romule, ludos, Ov. A. A. 1, 101: quisque, sibi quid sit Utile, sollicitis supputat articulis, id. P. 2, 3, 18: sollicito carcere dignus eras, a prison carefully guarded, id. Am. 1, 6, 64: Cressa … sollicito revocavit Thesea filo, Stat. S. 2, 6, 26: pudor, Mart. 11, 45, 7: amor, Ov. H. 19 (18), 196: os, id. P. 4, 9, 130: frons, Hor. C. 3, 29, 16: manus, Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 2: preces, id. P. 3, 1, 148: prex, Hor. C. 1, 35, 5: vita, id. S. 2, 6, 62: lux, Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 116: senecta, id. M. 6, 500: libelli, Mart. 9, 58, 5: saccus, id. 12, 60 b, 3: fuga, Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 50: sedes, id. ib. 4, 1, 85: via, id. ib. 1, 11, 2: terrae, id. M. 15, 786.
        Hence,
      2. 2. = sollicitum habens, that causes distress, distressing, trying: quid magis sollicitum dici potest, what more distressing fact can be mentioned? Cic. Mil. 2, 5: in quā (tyrannorum) vitā nulla … potest esse fiducia, omnia semper suspecta atque sollicita, causing alarm, id. Lael. 15, 52: sollicitumque aliquid laetis intervenit, Ov. M. 7, 454: o mihi sollicitum decus ac suprema voluptas, Stat. Th. 7, 363; so, opes, Hor. S. 2, 6, 79: aurum, Sen. Hippol. 519: pretia, id. Herc. Fur. 461: timor or metus, Ov. H. 1, 12; 8, 76; 13, 124; id. P. 3, 2, 12; id. Tr. 3, 11, 10: cura, id. P. 1, 5, 61; Sen. Thyest. 922: dolor, Ov. A. A. 3, 374: taedium, Hor. C. 1, 14, 17: fatum, Ov. P. 4, 10, 11.
  5. IV. Of animals (rare): sollicitum animal (canis) ad nocturnos strepitus, very attentive to, i. e. watchful, Liv. 5, 47, 3; so Ov. M. 11, 599: solliciti terrentur equi, id. F. 6, 741: lepus, timid, id. ib. 5, 372.
  6. V. Comp.: sollicitior (mostly post-Aug.; for which Cic. has magis sollicitus; v. III. 2. supra) homo, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 3: nos circa lites raras sollicitiores, too particular about, Quint. 7, 1, 43: sollicitior rei familiaris diligentia, id. 12, 1, 6: innocentiam sollicitiore habituri loco, Sen. Ben. 3, 13, 1: (pauperes) sollicitiores divitibus, id. Cons. Helv. 12, 1: quod est sollicitius, id. Tranq. 1, 15: qui non sollicitior de capitis sui decore sit quam de salute, id. Brev. Vit. 12, 3: pro vobis sollicitior, Tac. H. 4, 58.
    Sup. (post-Aug. and rare): illorum brevissima ac sollicitissima aetas est, Sen. Brev. Vit. 16, 1.
    Adv.: sollĭcĭtē (post-Aug.).
      1. 1. Carefully, punctiliously, anxiously: vestis nec servata, nec sumenda sollicite, Ser. Samm. ap. Sen. Tranq. 1, 5: in conviviis lingua sollicite etiam ebriis custodienda est, Sen. Clem. 1, 26, 2: recitare, Plin. Ep. 6, 15, 4: exspectatus, Front. Strat. 3, 12, 1; id. Aquaed. 103: sollicitius et intentius, Plin. Ep. 1, 4, 2: custodiendus est honor, id. ib. 1, 19, 4: cavere, App. Mag. p. 274, 35.
        Sup.: urbis curam sollicitissime agere, Suet. Claud. 18.
      2. 2. With grief, solicitude (class.: sollicito animo): sollicite possidentur, their possession is connected with solicitude, Sen. Ep. 76, 30: laetus, Sil. 6, 572.
        Sup., Sen. Ep. 93, 12.

sŏlĭdāmen, ĭnis, n. [solido], that which makes firm or solid, a strengthener (late Lat.), Ven. Carm. 6, 2, 115.

sŏlĭdāmentum, i, n. [solido], that which makes firm or solid, a strengthener (late Lat.): corporis (ossa), Lact. Opif. Dei, 7 init.

sŏlĭdātĭo, ōnis, f. [solido], a making firm or solid; a fastening, strengthening, Vitr. 5, 3, 3; 7, 1, 7.

* sŏlĭdātrix, īcis, f. [solidator], she that makes firm or solid, a strengthener: ossium, Arn. 4, 131.

sŏlĭdē, adv., v. solidus fin.

sŏlĭdus, a, um (contr. collat. form sol-dus, a, um, Hor. S. 1, 2, 113; 2, 5, 65), adj. [Sanscr. sarvas, all; Gr. ὅλος, whole; old Lat. sollus; cf. sollistimus], firm, dense, compact, not hollow, solid (class.).

  1. I. Lit.: individua et solida corpora (sc. ἀτόμοι), Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 18; cf. id. Div. 2, 67, 98: terra solida et globosa, id. N. D. 2, 39, 137: columna aurea (opp. extrinsecus inaurata), id. Div. 1, 24, 48; cf. cornua (opp. cava), Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 127: lapides, Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 6: corpus, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 27: paries vel solidus vel fornicatus, Cic. Top. 4, 22: sphaera solida atque plena, id. Rep. 1, 14, 22; cf.: crateres auro solidi, Verg. A. 2, 765: ex solido elephanto, id. G. 3, 26; id. A. 6, 69; 6, 552: aera, id. ib. 9, 809: telum solidum nodis, id. ib. 11, 553: vasa auro solida, Tac. A. 2, 33; 13, 10: solidum ex auro signum, Just. 39, 2, 5: nunc solida est tellus, quae lacus ante fuit, Ov. F. 6, 404; so, ripa, id. ib. 14, 49: sedes (opp. aër), id. ib. 2, 147: navis ad ferendum incursum maris solida, Sen. Ep. 76, 13: sit solidum quodcumque subest, Aus. Ed. 16, 12: solidus cibus, solid food, as opposed to fluid, Vulg. Heb. 5, 12.
    Comp.: solidior caseus factus, Col. 7, 8, 4.
    Sup.: solidissima materiaï corpora (opp. mollia), Lucr. 1, 565; 1, 951: tellus, Ov. M. 15, 262.
    Subst.: sŏlĭdum, i, n., a solid substance, solidity: cum duae formae praestantes sint, ex solidis globus, ex planis autem circulus aut orbis, Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47: nihil tangi potest, quod careat solido, id. Univ 4, 11; cf.: quae (species deorum) nihil concreti habeat, nihil solidi, nihil expressi, id. N. D. 1, 27, 75: inane abscindere soldo, Hor. S. 1, 2, 113; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 78: fossa fit ad solidum, to the solid ground, to the bottom, Ov. F. 4, 821: finditur in solidum cuneis via, into the hard wood, Verg. G. 2, 79; 2, 231: neque fundamenta (amphitheatri) per solidum subdidit, Tac. A. 4, 62: solido procedebat elephas in pontem, on solid ground, Liv. 44, 5.
    1. B. Transf. (opp. to that which is divided, scattered, or in parts), whole, complete, entire (= integer, totus): usurā, nec eā solidā, contentus est, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3: militia semestri solidum stipendium accipere, Liv. 5, 4: solida taurorum viscera, Verg. A. 6, 253: ut solidos hauriant (serpentes) cervos taurosque, Plin. 8, 14, 14, § 36: quibus solida ungula, id. 10, 63, 83, § 173: motus terrae quasdam (civitates) solidas absorbuit, Just. 30, 4, 3: ut decies solidum exsorberet, i. e. at once, in one draught, Hor. S. 2, 3, 240: decem annos solidos errasse, Varr. ap. Non. 405, 21; cf.: partem solido demere de die, Hor. C. 1, 1, 20: annus, Liv. 1, 19: hora, Juv. 11, 205: parum solidum consulatum explere, incomplete, Liv. 4, 8 fin.: vos, quibus … solidae suo stant robore vires, Verg. A. 2, 639.
      As substt.
      1. 1. In gen.: sŏlĭdum, i, n., the whole sum: ita bona veneant, ut solidum suum cuique solvatur, Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 46; Hor. S. 2, 5, 65; Quint. 5, 10, 105; Tac. A. 6, 17; Dig. 45, 2, 2 sq.
      2. 2. In partic.: sŏlĭdus, i, m. (sc. nummus), in the time of the emperors a gold coin, at first called aureus, and worth about twenty-five denarii, afterwards reduced nearly one half in value, Dig. 9, 3, 5; 11, 4, 1; 21, 1, 42; Cod. Just. 10, 70, 5; App. M. 10, p. 242, 34; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 39; Vulg. 1 Par. 29, 7; id. 1 Esd. 2, 69; id. Ecclus. 29, 7.
  2. II. Trop., sound, solid, substantial, genuine, true, real (in this sense a favorite word with Cic.; syn.: firmus, constans, stabilis; opp. inanis, levis, vanus, mobilis, etc.): solida et perpetua fides, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 44; so, fides, Tac. H. 2, 7: solida et robusta et assidua frequentia, Cic. Planc. 8, 21: solida atque robusta eloquentia, Quint. 10, 1, 2: solida ac virilis ingenii vis, id. 2, 5, 23: est enim gloria solida quaedam res et expressa, non adumbrata, Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 3: judicia solida et expressa, id. Planc. 12, 29: justitiae effigies, id. Off. 3, 17, 69: quod appellant honestum, non tam solido quam splendido nomine, id. Fin. 1, 18, 61: suavitas austera et solida, id. de Or. 3, 26, 103: solida veraque laus, id. Sest. 43, 93; cf.: solida laus ac vera dignitas, id. Vatin. 3, 8: gloria (with vera), id. Phil. 5, 18, 50: nostra gloria, cum sit ex solido, Curt. 9, 2, 14: nulla utilitas (with puerilis delectatio), Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72: salus, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 10: gratia, id. Curc. 3, 35; Ov. M. 12, 576: beneficium, Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 32: gaudium, id. And. 4, 1, 24: libertas, Liv. 2, 2, 6; Tac. Or. 9: fides, id. H. 2, 79: mens, firm, determined, Hor. C. 3, 3, 4: solidum opus doctrinae, Val. Max. 4, 1, ext. 1: in solidiore aliquo scripti genere, Sen. Contr. 1, 8, 16: gravior solidiorque sententia, Gell. 11, 13, 8: virtus, Val. Max. 2, 8, 5; 5, 4, ext. 5: vinum, Pall. 11, 14 fin.
    Neutr. absol.:     quibus ex rebus nihil est, quod solidum tenere possis, Cic. Pis. 25, 60: multos in solido rursus Fortuna locavit, in safety, Verg. A. 11, 427; cf.: praesentia bona nondum tota in solido sunt, Sen. Ben. 3, 4, 2: nostra gloria, cum sit ex solido, Curt. 9, 2, 14: ut salus ejus locetur in solido, Amm. 17, 5, 11.
    Hence, adv., in two forms.
    1. A. sŏlĭdum (very rare), soundly, thoroughly: dinoscere cautus Quid solidum crepet, Pers. 5, 25: Venus irata solidum, App. M. 5, p. 171, 24.
    2. B. sŏlĭdē (not in Cic.).
      1. 1. (Acc. to I.) Densely, closely, solidly: solide et crassis viminibus contexta cista, Col. 12, 56, 2: solide natus est, i. e. without a hollow place, without wind in one’s inside, Petr. 47, 4.
        Comp.: concreta aqua, Gell. 19, 5, 5.
      2. 2. (Acc. to II.) Surely, wholly, fully, truly: neque, natus necne is fuerit, id solide scio, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 8; 4, 2, 47; Ter And. 5, 5, 8; App. M. 3, p. 135, 41; Spart. Ael. Ver. 8.

sŏlĭdesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [solidus], to become firm, solid, whole (post-Aug. and very rare): moles sub aquā, Vitr. 2, 6, 1: rupta cartilago, to unite, grow together, Plin. 11, 37, 87, § 216.

sŏlĭdĭ-pēs, pĕdis, adj. [solidator]; of animals whose feet are not cloven, solid-footed, whole-hoofed, Plin. 10, 65, 84, § 184; 10, 73, 93, § 199; 11, 37, 45, § 128.

sŏlĭdĭtas, ātis, f. [solidator].

  1. I. Lit., solidness, solidity (good prose), Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 17; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49; 1, 38, 105; id. Univ. 5, 13; Pall. Mai, 9, 1.
  2. II. Transf. (post-Aug.).
    1. A. Thickness, Pall. 1, 6, 9; id. Febr. 17, 5.
    2. B. Solidity, firmness, Vitr. 2, 6; 2, 8.
      Hence, plur. concr.: soliditates, firm or solid masses, Vitr. 7, 3, 7.
    3. C. In jurid. Lat., the whole, entirety (opp. a share, part): possessionis, etc., Cod. Just. 4, 52, 2; 11, 35, 2; App. Trism. p. 288 Bip.: hereditas universorum soliditas singulorum, Ambros. Psa. 118, Serm. 14, 41.

sŏlĭdo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [solidator], to make firm, dense, or solid; to make whole or sound; to strengthen, fasten together (not ante-Aug., and for the most part only in the pass.; cf.: compono, reficio, stabilio).

  1. I. Lit.: (area) cretā solidanda, Verg. G. 1, 179: locus fistucationibus solidetur, Vitr. 7, 1: terra aëre, id. 2, 3 fin.: aedificia sine trabibus, Tac. A. 15, 43; cf. muri, id. H. 2, 19: ossa fracta, Plin. 28, 16, 65, § 227; Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4; cf.: hi (nervi) incisi solidantur, Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218; 24, 16, 95, § 152: cartilago, Cels. 8, 6: fistulae stanno, Plin. 34, 17, 48, § 160 et saep.
    Poet.: facies solidata veneno, i. e. against decay, Luc. 8, 691.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. To confirm, establish: rem Romanam, Aur. Vict. Caes. 33, 11: imperium Romanum ex diuturnā convulsione solidatum, Auct. Pan. ad Const. 1: illud etiam constitutione solidamus, ut, etc., establish, ordain, Cod. Th. 15, 9, 1.
    2. B. To unite: viro uxorem unius corporis compage, Lact. Epit. 6.
    3. C. To correct: rationes, Ps.-Ascon. ap. Cic. Verr. 1, 36.

* sōlĭfĕr, fĕra, fĕrum, adj. [sol-fero], sun-bringing, of the east: plaga, Sen. Herc. Oet. 159.

* sōlĭferrĕum, i, v. solliferreum.

sollĭferreum (sōlĭf-), i, n. (sc. telum) [sollus-, i. e. totus-ferrum], a missile weapon made wholly of iron, an iron javelin, Liv. 34, 14 fin.; Gell. 10, 25, 2; cf. Fest. s. v. sollo, p. 298 Müll.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 299 ib.; and s. v. solitaurilia, p. 293 ib.

sŏlĭfūga, v. solipuga.

sŏlĭpūga, ae, f., a kind of venomous ant (or, acc. to Solinus, a kind of venomous spider), Plin. 29, 4, 29, § 92; 22, 25, 81, § 163.
Called also solpūga, Luc. 9, 837; soli-pugna, acc. to Fest. pp. 300 and 301 Müll.; sŏlĭfūga, Sol. 4, 3 and 6; and salpūga, Plin. 29, 4, 29, § 92.

* sŏlĭfundĭum, ii, n. [solum-fundus], perh. landed property, Front. Princ. Hist. Fragm. 7 Mai.

* sōlĭgĕna, ae, comm. [sol-gigno], a child of the Sun: Aeetes, Val. Fl. 5, 317.

sōlĭlŏquĭum, ii, n. [solus-loquor], a talking to one’s self, a soliloquy, a word formed by Augustin, Aug. Solil. 2, 7 fin.

Sŏlymus or Sŏlĭmus (-os), i, m., a Trojan, the founder of Sulmo, Ov. F. 4, 79; Sil. 9, 72.

‡ solino = consulo, acc. to Fest. pp. 350 and 351 Müll. [prob. the lengthened form from solo, the ground form to con-sul and con-sulo; different from solinunt-solent; v. soleo init.].

Sōlīnus, i, m. C. Julius, a Roman writer of the third century of the Christian era, author of a work entitled Polyhistor, mostly taken from Pliny’s Historia Naturalis.

sōlistĭmum, v. sollistimus.

sollistĭmus (sōlist-), a, um, adj. [old sup. form of sollus = salvus; v. Corss. Krit. Beitr. p. 313 sq.], most perfect, only in the expression tripudium sollistimum, in augural lang.; the most favorable omen, when the chickens ate so greedily that the corn fell from their bills to the ground, Fest. p. 298 Müll.; Cic. Div. 1, 15, 28; 2, 34, 72; Liv. 10, 40; cf. Becker, Antiq. II. pt. 3, p. 79; and Lange, Antiq. I. p. 257.

* 1. sŏlĭtānĕus, a, um, adj. [solitus, from soleo], usual, customary, ordinary: dolores, Marc. Emp 20 med.

* 2. sōlĭtānĕus, a, um, adj. [solus], separate, distinct: libellum confeci, Theod. Prisc. 3 praef.

* sōlĭtānus, a, um, adj. [sol], the appellation of a species of African snail, perh. named from the Promunturium Solis (Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 9); Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 4; Plin. 9, 56, 82, § 174.

sōlĭtārĭus, a, um, adj. [solus], alone, by itself, lonely, solitary (class.; syn. singularis): natura solitarium nihil amat, Cic. Lael. 23, 88: quoniam solitaria non posset virtus ad ea, quae summa sunt, pervenire, conjuncta et consociata cum alterā perveniret, id. ib. 22, 83: quae (natura) non solitaria sit neque simplex, sed cum alio juncta atque conexa, id. N. D. 2, 11, 29: deus desertus ac solitarius, Lact. 1, 7, 4; Min. Fel. 10, 3: hae apes non sunt solitaria natura, ut aquilae, sed ut homines, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 4: solitarius homo atque in agro vitam agens, living by himself, Cic. Off. 2, 11, 39: solitaria et velut umbratilis vita, Quint. 1, 2, 18: solitarium aliquod aut rarum judicatum afferre, Cic. Inv. 1, 44, 83: distentus solitariā cenā, i. e. with a dinner which he has taken by himself, Plin. Pan. 49: modo id egit, i. e. nothing else, Nazar. 33: imperium, absolute, Mamert. Grat. Act. 13: hominem solitarium tres tam validos evitasse juvenes, App. M. 3, p. 132, 2.
Pleon.: solus ac solitarius, App. M. 4, p. 146, 30.

sōlĭtas, ātis, f. [solus], a being alone, loneliness, solitude (ante- and post-class. for solitudo): tuam solitatem memorans, Att. ap. Non. 173, 28 (Trag. Rel. p. 153 Rib.); App. M. 9, p. 225, 14; id. Mag. p. 288, 5; Tert. adv. Val. 37.

* sōlĭtātim, adv. [solitas], solitarily, Front. Eloqu. p. 235 Mai.

sōlĭtaurīlĭa, v. suovetaurilia.

sŭŏvĕtaurīlĭa, or sōlĭtaurīlĭa, ĭum, n. [sus-ovis-taurus; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 67 Spald.; Fest. p. 293 Müll., or sollus-taurus], a sacrifice consisting of a swine, a sheep, and a bull, offered esp. at lustrations: solitaurilia hostiarum trium diversi generis immolationem significant, tauri, arietis, verris, quod omnes eae solidi integrique sint corporis, etc., Fest. p. 293: Mars pater lustri faciendi ergo macte hisce suovetaurilibus lactentibus esto, an old formula of prayer, Cato, R. R. 141, 3 sq.; cf. id. ib. 144, 1; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 10; Liv. 1, 44, 2; 8, 10, 14; Tac. A. 6, 37; id. H. 4, 53; Fest. s. v. opima, p. 189 Müll.; Inscr. Fr. Arv. ap. Marin. 32; 41; 43.
Form solitaurilia, Ps.-Ascon. ap. Cic. Div. in Caecil. 3; cf. Fest. p. 293 Müll.

* sŏlĭto, āvi, 1, v. freq. n. [soleo], to be much accustomed or wont: Scipionem Africanum solitavisse in Capitolium ventitare, Gell. 7, 1, 6.

sōlĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. [solus], a being alone or solitary, loneliness, solitariness, solitude (of a person or place); a lonely place, desert, wilderness (class. in sing. and plur.; cf.: secretum, secessus).

  1. I. In gen.: ampla domus dedecori saepe domino fit, si est in eā solitudo, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139: si aliquis nos deus ex hac hominum frequentiā tolleret et in solitudine uspiam collocaret, id. Lael. 23, 87; so (opp. frequentia) id. Pis. 22, 53; opp. celebritas, id. Inv. 1, 26, 38; Plin. Pan. 49, 2: audistis, quae solitudo in agris esset, quae vastitas, quae fuga aratorum, quam deserta, quam relicta omnia, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51, § 114; cf.: quācumque venis, fuga est et ingens Circa te solitudo, Mart. 3, 44, 3: solitudo ante ostium, Ter. And. 2, 2, 25: ubi postquam solitudinem intellexit, Sall. J. 93, 3: erat ab oratoribus quaedam in foro solitudo, Cic. Brut. 63, 227: neque vero hic non contemptus est a tyrannis atque ejus solitudo, Nep. Thras. 2, 2: mihi solitudo et recessus provincia est, Cic. Att. 12, 26, 2: in aliquā desertissimā solitudine, id. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 171: Sigambri se in solitudinem ac silvas abdiderant, Caes. B. G. 4, 18 fin.: an malitis hanc solitudinem vestram quam urbem hostium esse? solitary, desert place (Rome), Liv. 5, 53, 7: delere omne Latium, vastas inde solitudines facere, id. 8, 13, 15; cf. id. 39, 18: nec umquam ex solitudine suā prodeuntem, nisi ut solitudinem faceret, Plin. Pan. 48 fin.: ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant, Tac. Agr. 30 fin.; Curt. 8, 8, 10; 9, 2, 24; Liv. 39, 18, 2: nivosae solitudini cohaerentes, bordering on, Amm. 23, 6, 64.
    With gen.: in hac omnis humani cultūs solitudine, Curt. 7, 3, 12.
    Plur., Cic. Rep. 6, 19, 20; id. Fam. 2, 16, 6; Caes. B. G. 6, 23: solitudines renuntiavere missi milites ad explorandum, Plin. 6, 29, 35, § 181; Vell. 2, 55, 4; Plin. 6, 13, 14, § 33; 6, 17, 20, § 53.
  2. II. In partic., analog. to the Gr. ἐρημία, in respect of something wanting, a being left alone or deserted, a state of want, destitution, deprivation: per hujus (orbae) solitudinem Te obtestor, Ter. And. 1, 5, 55; cf.: liberorum solitudo, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 153: liberorum ac parentum solitudo, Quint. 6, 1, 18: Caesenniae viduitas ac solitudo, Cic. Caecin. 5, 13; id. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 5: solitudo atque inopia, id. Quint. 1, 5; cf. id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 25: Messalina tribus omnino comitantibus (id repente solitudinis erat) spatium urbis pedibus emensa, Tac. A. 11, 32: magistratuum, Liv. 6, 35 fin.

sŏlĕo, ĭtus, 2 (pres. solinunt, for solent, acc. to Fest. s. v. nequinunt, p. 162 Müll.; perf. solui, Cato and Enn. acc. to Varr. L.L. 9, § 107: soluerint, Cael. ap. Non. 509, 2: soluerat, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 872 P.; or H. 2, 55 Dietsch; no fut., v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 591; 609), v. n. [cf. suesco].

  1. I. In gen., to use, be wont, be accustomed (cf. assuesco).
          1. (α) With inf. (so most freq.); act.: qui mentiri solet, pejerare consuevit, Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46: ruri crebro esse soleo, Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 18: nihil ego in occulto agere soleo, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 86: hi (servi) solent esse eris utibiles, id. Most. 4, 1, 2; id. Capt. 3, 1, 23: nam vi depugnare sues stolidi soliti sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 317 Müll. (Ann. v. 109 Vahl.): quaerunt in scirpo, soliti quod dicere, nodum, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Sat. v. 46 Vahl.): qui (paterā) Pterela potitare rex solitus est, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 105; 1, 1, 263: quā (consuetudine) solitus sum uti, Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 135: soliti prandere, Hor. S. 2, 3, 245: (cum Thucydides), id quod optimo cuique Athenis accidere solitum est, in exsilium pulsus esset, Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56 et saep.; often solitus eram = solebam, Sall. C. 50, 1; id. J. 4, 7; Liv. 38, 1, 7 al.
          2. (β) With inf. pass.: majore operā ibi serviles nuptiae, quam liberales etiam, curari solent, Plaut. Cas. prol. 74: verum illud verbum est, vulgo quod dici solet, Ter. And. 2, 5, 15; cf. id. Heaut. 3, 2, 9: unde videri Danaum solitae naves, Verg. A. 2, 462: ad haec illa dici solent, Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26: permirum mihi videri solet, id. ib. 5, 5, 7: si (domus) alio domino solita est frequentari, id. Off. 1, 39, 139: quod spernerentur ab iis a quibus essent coli soliti, id. Sen. 3, 7: ut solet fieri, Curt. 3, 8, 20; 4, 3, 7: ut fieri solet, Lact. 1, 15, 2 et saep.
          3. (γ) Without inf.: cave tu idem faxis, alii quod servi solent, Plaut. As. 2, 1, 8: me dico ire, quo saturi solent, id. Curc. 2, 3, 83: artior, quam solebat, somnus complexus est, Cic. Rep. 6, 10, 10: Pl. Nugas garris. Cu. Soleo, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 6: ita ego soleo, id. Men. 1, 2, 31: sic soleo, Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 25; cf. id. Eun. 2, 2, 48: eodem pacto ut comici servi solent, Coniciam in collum pallium, Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 11: credo jam, ut solet, Jurgabit, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 54: agedum, ut soles, id. Phorm. 5, 3, 1; cf.: ut solitus es, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 25: cum audissem Antiochum, ut solebam, Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1: quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, Sall. C. 29, 2: quod prava ambitio solet, id. J. 96, 3: ut solebat, Amm. 16, 11, 15: cum quaedam in collibus, ut solet, controversia pastorum esset orta, Cic. Clu. 59, 161; Sall. J. 15, 5; 25, 3; Curt. 4, 1, 24.
            So often with Plautus in the part. pres.: Di. Mala femina es. As. Solens sum: ea est disciplina, that’s my way, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 29; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 43: lubens fecero et solens, id. Cas. 5, 1, 14: ego abscessi solens Paulum ab illis, id. Ep. 2, 2, 53.
  2. II. In partic., to have intercourse with, in mal. part. (rare): viris cum suis praedicant nos solere; Suas pellices esse aiunt, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 38; Cat. 113, 1.
    Hence, sŏlĭtus, a, um, P. a., in a passive sense (which one is used to, or which usually happens), wonted, accustomed, usual, habitual, ordinary (freq. since the Aug. per.; not in Cic. or Cæs.; cf. consuetus); absol.: solito membra levare toro, Tib. 1, 1, 44: ad solitum rusticus ibit opus, Ov. F. 4, 168: cunctantibus solita insolitaque alimenta deerant, Tac. H. 4, 60: chori, Prop. 1, 20, 46: locus, Ov. M. 4, 83: torus, Tib. 1, 1, 44: ars, id. 1, 9, 66: artes, Ov. M. 11, 242: virtus, Verg. A. 11, 415: mos, Ov. H. 21, 127; id. P. 3, 1, 165: honores, Tac. A. 3, 5: inertia Germanorum, id. G. 45: exercitationes, Suet. Tib. 13 et saep.
    With dat.: armamenta Liburnicis solita, Tac. H. 5, 23; cf. in the foll.
    Hence, subst.: sŏlĭtum, i, n., the customary, what is usual: hostibus gratiam habendam, quod solitum quicquam liberae civitatis fieret (opp. res desueta), a usual thing in a free state, Liv. 3, 38, 9: proinde tona eloquio, solitum tibi! according to your custom, Verg. A. 11, 383: ultra solitum, Tac. A. 4, 64, 1.
    In plur.: parentum neces aliaque solita regibus ausi, Tac. H. 5, 8 fin.; cf.: praeter solita vitiosis magistratibus, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 314, 23: si quando aliquid ex solito variaret, Vell. 2, 41, 3: nescio quā praeter solitum dulcedine laeti, Verg. G. 1, 412; so, praeter solitum, Hor. C. 1, 6, 20: supra solitum, Sen. Ben. 6, 36, 1; and esp. freq. with a comparative in the abl. comp. solito: solito formosior Aesone natus, more than usually handsome, Ov. M. 7, 84; so, solito uberior, id. ib. 9, 105: blandior, id. A. A. 2, 411: exactior, Suet. Tib. 18: frequentiores, id. ib. 37: velocius, Ov. M. 14, 388: citius, id. F. 5, 547: plus, id. H. 15, 47; Liv. 24, 9: magis, id. 25, 7.

sŏlĭtus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from soleo.

sŏlĭum, ii, n. [from the root sol, kindr. with sed, sedeo], a seat.

  1. I. Most usu. of gods, kings, or other distinguished personages.
    1. A. Lit., a seat, chair of state, throne (cf.: thronus, tribunal): regali in solio sedens, Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 69: domus regia et in domo regale solium, Liv. 1, 47, 4; cf.: solio rex infit ab alto, Verg. A. 11, 301: solio tum Juppiter aureo Surgit, id. ib. 10, 116; so, Jovis, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 34; Suet. Calig. 57: divinum, Cic. Rep. 3, 8, 12: deorum solia, id. Har. Resp. 27, 57: regale (Jovis), Ov. F. 6, 353: sedens in solio consulantibus respondere (of solicitors), Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 10; id. de Or. 2, 33, 143: sedet Sollemni solio, Ov. M. 14, 262: acernum, Verg. A. 8, 178: eburnum, i. e. sella curulis, Claud. Laud. Stil. 3, 199; id. VI. Cons Hon. 588.
    2. B. Meton. like our throne, for rule, sway, dominion (mostly poet.): pristina majestas soliorum et sceptra superba, Lucr. 5, 1137; cf.: solio sceptroque potitur, Ov. H. 14, 113; cf. Val. Fl. 2, 309; 6, 742; Hor. C. 2, 2, 17: solio avorum aliquem depellere, Luc. 4, 690; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 213: Demetrium in paterno solio locaturi, Liv. 39, 53, 4: Pacorum avito Arsacidarum solio depulsuri, Tac. H. 1, 40: paternum solium per vim, per arma capere, Lact. 1, 10, 10.
  2. II. A tub, esp. for bathing, Lucr. 6, 800; Cato, R. R. 10, 4; Cels. 1, 3; 1, 4; 7, 26, 5; Liv. 44, 6; Plin. 33, 12, 54, § 152; Suet. Aug. 82 fin.; Pall. 1, 40, 3; 1, 41, 1.
    For other purposes, Plin. 19, 2, 8, § 28.
  3. III. A stone coffin for persons of distinction, a sarcophagus: solium Porphyretici marmoris, Suet. Ner. 50; cf. Curt. 10, 10, 9; Flor. 4, 11 fin.; Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 343 al.

sōlĭvăgus, a, um, adj. [solus-vagor] (Ciceron.).

  1. I. Lit., wandering or roving alone; of animals that lead a solitary life: earum (bestiarum) partim solivagas, partim congregatas, Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 38.
    Of persons: non est enim singulare nec solivagum genus hoc (hominum), id. Rep. 1, 25, 39: (elephanti) minume ex omnibus solivagi, Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23; v. solitarius.
  2. II. Transf., alone, by itself, single, solitary (rare): caelo solivago et volubili et in orbem incitato, Cic. Univ. 6, 18: solivaga, cognitio et jejuna, contracted, id. Off. 1, 44, 157: virginitas, standing alone, incomparable, Mart. Cap. 1, § 40.