solicit
solicit
v. trans.
P. and V. αἰτεῖν (τινά τι), ἀ̆παιτεῖν (τινά τι), δεῖσθαι (τινός τι); see beg.
Solicit in marriage: P. and V. μνηστεύειν ; see court.
v. trans.
P. and V. αἰτεῖν (τινά τι), ἀ̆παιτεῖν (τινά τι), δεῖσθαι (τινός τι); see beg.
Solicit in marriage: P. and V. μνηστεύειν ; see court.
SOLICIT
To seek for ask petere: expetere (to petition for): quaerere (to seek with pains and exertion): consectari (to pursue zealously): captare aucupari (to snatch eagerly at anything; all these with an accusative). To solicit the favor of the people auram popularem captare; gratiam ad populum quaerere: one who solicits (for an office) petitor; candidatus [Vid: CANDIDATE]. The act of soliciting petitio: ambitio (canvassing): prensatio (taking voters by the hand in order to gain their favor): ambitus (by unlawful means; whereas ambitio in the best age was only by lawful means).
To attempt anybody’s mind sollicitare aliquem or alicujus animum (e.g. pretio pecunia): pellicere aliquem.
To seek for ask petere: expetere (to petition for): quaerere (to seek with pains and exertion): consectari (to pursue zealously): captare aucupari (to snatch eagerly at anything; all these with an accusative). To solicit the favor of the people auram popularem captare; gratiam ad populum quaerere: one who solicits (for an office) petitor; candidatus [Vid: CANDIDATE]. The act of soliciting petitio: ambitio (canvassing): prensatio (taking voters by the hand in order to gain their favor): ambitus (by unlawful means; whereas ambitio in the best age was only by lawful means).
To attempt anybody’s mind sollicitare aliquem or alicujus animum (e.g. pretio pecunia): pellicere aliquem.
solicit:
I. To ask:
1. ambio, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 4 (with acc. of the person only, in the best writers: rarely with acc. of the thing, which is gen. expr. by a clause with ut or ne, very rarely by inf.): thee, Fortune, the poor husbandman s.s with anxious prayer, te (Fortunam) pauper ambit sollicita prece ruris colonus (where Fortuna is personified), Hor. Od. 1, 35, 5: cf. reginam ambire affatu, Virg. Aen. 4, 284: to s. a prize for the actors, palmam histrionibus ambire, Plaut. Amph. prol. 69: s.ing exemption from the laws, ambiens ut legibus solveretur, Suet. Caes. 18: cf. ambirent multi ne filias in sortem darent, id. Aug. 31, med. Hence techn. used of s.ing votes (v.TO CANVASS ). Phr.: to s. an office, petitioni se dare, Cic. Fam. 13, 10, 2: a s.ing the consulship, petitio consulatus, Caes. B. C. 1, 22: so, ambitio, prensatio (but v. CANVASS ).
2. pĕto, 3: rŏgo, 1 (less precisely): v.TO BEG , ASK .
3. mendīco (to solicit alms): v.TO BEG (II.).
II. To request strongly, entreat: contendo (often joined with peto), insto, dēprĕcor (v.TO BEG ): ōro, obsecro, flāgĭto (v. TO IMPLORE , IMPOR-*TUNE , ENTREAT , URGE ).
III. To court, try to obtain:
1. pĕto, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 3: Sempronia was so inflamed by lust that she oftener s.'d men than was s.'d, libidine sic accensa Sempronia ut viros saepius peteret quam peteretur, Sall. C. 25: cf. Cat. 59 (61), 145.
2. capto, 1 (to court applause, popularity): to s. applause, c. plausus, Cic.: so, aucupor, affecto: v.TO COURT (5. Phr.), COVET .
IV. To invite: sollĭcĭto, 1: usu. of urging to crime: to s. to administer poison, ad venenum dandum s., Cic. Clu. 16, med.: see alsoTO INVITE (II.), TEMPT , ALLURE : and for bad sense, v. TO SEDUCE , TEMPT .
V. To disquiet (a sense now obsol., used by Dryden, Milton): sollicito, vexo: v.TO HARASS .
I. To ask:
1. ambio, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 4 (with acc. of the person only, in the best writers: rarely with acc. of the thing, which is gen. expr. by a clause with ut or ne, very rarely by inf.): thee, Fortune, the poor husbandman s.s with anxious prayer, te (Fortunam) pauper ambit sollicita prece ruris colonus (where Fortuna is personified), Hor. Od. 1, 35, 5: cf. reginam ambire affatu, Virg. Aen. 4, 284: to s. a prize for the actors, palmam histrionibus ambire, Plaut. Amph. prol. 69: s.ing exemption from the laws, ambiens ut legibus solveretur, Suet. Caes. 18: cf. ambirent multi ne filias in sortem darent, id. Aug. 31, med. Hence techn. used of s.ing votes (v.
2. pĕto, 3: rŏgo, 1 (less precisely): v.
3. mendīco (to solicit alms): v.
II. To request strongly, entreat: contendo (often joined with peto), insto, dēprĕcor (v.
III. To court, try to obtain:
1. pĕto, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 3: Sempronia was so inflamed by lust that she oftener s.'d men than was s.'d, libidine sic accensa Sempronia ut viros saepius peteret quam peteretur, Sall. C. 25: cf. Cat. 59 (61), 145.
2. capto, 1 (to court applause, popularity): to s. applause, c. plausus, Cic.: so, aucupor, affecto: v.
IV. To invite: sollĭcĭto, 1: usu. of urging to crime: to s. to administer poison, ad venenum dandum s., Cic. Clu. 16, med.: see also
V. To disquiet (a sense now obsol., used by Dryden, Milton): sollicito, vexo: v.