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sollĭcĭtātĭo (sōlĭc- ), ōnis, f. sollicito.
I. Vexation, anxiety: “nuptiarum,” i. e. on account of, Ter. And. 1, 5, 26.—
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.).
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 10.24.2
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 2.8
    • Cicero, Against Catiline, 3.9.22
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