English → Latin
“anxious” in Latin
ānxiusafeared, anxious, troubled, uneasysollicitusthoroughly moved, agitated or disturbed; restless, unceasing; troubled, engaged, upset, disturbed, anxious, solicitous; pavidustrembling, quaking, fearful, terrified, alarmed; timid, timorous, shytrepidusnervous, jumpy, agitated; perilous, alarming; fearful, trepidatioustrepidōto hurry with alarm, bustle about anxiously, to be in a state of confusion, agitation, or trepidation; to tremble; to be
The English word anxious itself goes back to Latin angō, through anxius.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
anxious
anxius: sollicitus (anxius, especially from present causes; sollicitus, from apprehension of future evils): pavidus: trepidus or trepidans [SYN. under ANXIETY]. To be anxious about anything, anxium esse re or de re, seldom with accusative or genitive, sollicitum esse de re: about anybody, pro aliquo laborare. [Vid: more under ANXIETY]
Causing anxiety, anxius (not in Cic. in this meaning, but in Liv.): anxious cares, anxiae curae: an anxious fear, timor anxius (Verg.). To make anybody anxious, aliquem sollicitare, sollicitum habere. (The words are found in this connection and order), anxium ac sollicitum habere: affictare; sollicitudine or aegritudine afficere; sollicitudinem or segritudinem alicui afferre: to make very anxious, vehementer angere; vexare; urere; cruciare: discruciare: miseris modis sollicitare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for anxious?
- The usual Latin words for “anxious” are ānxius, sollicitus, pavidus; also trepidus, trepidō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.