sollicitent

Sollicitent is a Latin verb form. It is the third-person plural present active subjunctive of the verb sollicitare, which means to solicit, excite, provoke, or stir up. The form indicates a hypothetical, potential, or desired action by “they” in subordinate clauses, such as purpose or indirect command contexts.

Etymology and meaning: sollicitare comes from the Latin root sollic-, related to causing agitation or urging someone to act. The present active subjunctive form sollicitent conveys a sense of “they may solicit” or “let them solicit,” depending on the surrounding clause and translation.

Grammar and usage: As a subjunctive, sollicitent appears in clauses that express doubt, possibility, wish, or indirect discourse. In classical Latin texts, forms like sollicitent are used to convey actions that are not asserted as definite statements but are contemplated, required, or hoped for by the speaker. The form is primarily of interest to students and scholars of Latin grammar and philology, and it is not a form that appears in contemporary English usage.

Relation to English: The English verb solicit derives from Latin through Old French solliciter and is not typically formed or used as sollicitent in modern English. In Latin grammars and dictionaries, sollicitent is cited chiefly as an example of the present active subjunctive paradigm in the third-person plural.

See also: solicitare, sollicitant, sollicitatio.