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,
(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.—
(γ).
With de: “de famā ingenii,” Quint. 11, 1, 50: “de successore,” Suet. Calig. 19: “de instantibus curis,” Curt. 3, 2; with pro, Plin. Ep. 4, 21.—
(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.
