anxiety Copy link Outline 1. anxĭĕtas2. sollĭcĭtūdo3. cūra4. păvor5. scrūpus6. scrūpŭlus • anxiety: 1. anxĭĕtas: Cic.: constant a., perpetua a., Juv.: mental a., a. animi, Ov. 2. sollĭcĭtūdo: that affair is a source of a. to me, istaec mihi res sollicitudini est, Ter.: know that I am in the greatest a., scitote me esse in summa s., Cic.: mental a. and fear, s. animi et timor, Cic.: sleep is a refuge from all toils and a.s, somnus est perfugium omnium laborum et s., Cic.: Hor. 3. cūra: a wearied mind, worn out with a., animus lassus, curā confectus, Ter.: Cic. 4. păvor: a. lest the wound should be mortal, pavor ne mortiferum esset vulnus, Liv. 5. scrūpus: some a. always remains in the minds of the wicked, improbis semper aliquis in animis haeret s., Cic. 6. scrūpŭlus: Ter.: the a.s of domestic cares, domesticarum sollicitudinum scrupuli, Cic.: v. care.--Note. Of the above, cura is the most general term, and includes all kinds of mental concern: sollicitudo is restless, harassing care; anxietas, keen, distressing anxiety: pavor, the anxiety of alarm (q. v.); scrupus and scrupulus denote the petty, disturbing trouble which worries like a pebble in the shoe: v. also distress, trouble.