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anxĭus , a, um, adj. v. ango,
I.distressed, solicitous, uneasy, troubled, anxious (as a permanent state of mind).
I. Lit.: “neque omnes anxii, qui anguntur aliquando, nec qui anxii semper anguntur,Cic. Tusc. 4, 12, 27; cf.: “anxietas and angor.—But frequently momentary' anxiae aegritudines et acerbae,Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34: “anxio animo aut sollicito esse,id. Fin. 2, 17, 55: “spiritus anxius,Vulg. Bar. 3, 1: “senes morosi et anxii,Cic. Sen. 18, 65: “Oratio pauperis, cum anxius fuerit,Vulg. Psa. 101, 1: “anxius curis,Ov. M. 9, 275: mentes, * Hor. C. 3, 21, 17: “anxius angor,Lucr. 3, 993; 6, 1158: anxium habere aliquem, to bring one into trouble, to make anxious or solicitous, Auct. B. Afr. 71; Tac. A. 2, 65.—With gen. animi or mentis: “animi anxius,Sall. J. 55, 4 Cort., where Dietsch reads animo, and Gerl. omits it altogether: “anxius mentis,Albin. 1, 398 (for this gen. v. animus, II. B. 1.).—The object on account of which one is anxious or solicitous is put,
(α). In abl.: “gloriā ejus,Liv. 25, 40: “omine adverso,Suet. Vit. 8: “venturis,Luc. 7, 20.—
(β). In gen. (diff. from the preced. gen. animi and mentis): “inopiae,Liv. 21, 48: “furti (i. e. ne furtum fiat),Ov. M. 1, 623: “vitae,id. H. 20, 198: “securitatis,Plin. 15, 18, 20, § 74: “potentiae,Tac. A. 4, 12: “sui,id. H. 3, 38; in acc. vicem, Liv. 8, 35.—
(δ). With ad: “ad eventum alicujus rei,Luc. 8, 592.—(ε) With in and abl.: “noli anxius esse in divitiis,Vulg. Eccli. 5, 10.—(ζ) With ne and an: “anxius, ne bellum oriatur,Sall. J. 6, 6: “anxius, an obsequium senatūs an studia plebis reperiret,Tac. A. 14, 13.—
II. Transf.
A. In an act. sense, that makes anxious, troubles, awakens solicitude, troublesome: “curae,Liv. 1, 56 (cf.: “anxius curis,Ov. M. 9, 275): “timor,Verg. A. 9, 89: “accessu propter aculeos anxio,Plin. 12, 8, 18, § 33.—
B. Prepared with anxious care: “elegantia orationis neque morosa neque anxia,Gell. 15, 7, 3; cf. anxietas, II.—Hence, adv.: anxĭē , anxiously, with anxiety (not in Cic.): “aliquid ferre,Sall. J. 82, 3: “auguria quaerere,Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 273: “certare,Suet. Ner. 23: “aliquam prosequi, Justin. 1, 4: loqui,Gell. 20, 1: “anxie doctus,Macr. S. 5, 18; 7, 7.—Comp.: anxius, Gargil. Mart. p. 395 Mai; “and formed by magis: magis anxie,Sall. ad Caes. Ord. Re Publ. 2 fin.
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