anxious Copy link Outline I. Solicitous1. anxĭus2. sollĭcĭtus3. trĕpidus (i. e. agitated with alarm)II. Causing, or attended with, anxiety1. anxĭus2. sollĭcĭtus3. trĕpĭdus • anxious: I. Solicitous: 1. anxĭus: ill-tempered and a. old men, senes morosi et a., Cic. The source or cause of the feeling is expr. by abl., gen., de, or clause: a. with anger and fear, ira et metu a., Sall.: a. on account of the scarcity, inopiae a., Liv.: a. about his intellectual reputation, de fama ingenii a., Quint.: a. lest war should break out, a. ne bellum oriatur, Sall. 2. sollĭcĭtus: my beauty keeps me a., me mea forma sollicitum habet, Pl.: how a. I am as to what will happen! quam sum s. quidnam futurum sit! Cic. (Concerning the diff. between sollicitus and anxius, compare anxiety, fin.) 3. trĕpidus (i. e. agitated with alarm): a. Dido, t. Dido, Virg.: the senate sad and a. with a double fear, curia moesta ac t. ancipiti metu, Liv. II. Causing, or attended with, anxiety: 1. anxĭus : a. fear, a. timor, Virg.: a. cares, a. curae, Liv. 2. sollĭcĭtus: a. old age, s. senecta, Ov.: a. wealth, s. opes, Hor.: a. fear, s. timor, Ov. 3. trĕpĭdus: an a. contest, t. certamen, Hor.: in a. circumstances, in re t., Liv.: an uncertain and a. life, incerta et t. vita, Tac. To make a., sollĭcĭto, ango: v. to trouble, fret, distress: v. also to be anxious.