halt (v.) Copy link Outline I. Milit. t. t.1. consisto, stĭti, stĭtum, 32. agmen constĭtuo, ui, ūtum, 3 (to cause to h.; said of the general)II. To hesitateIII. To limp; whether lit. or fig.1. claudĭco, 12. claudeo or claudo, 2 and 3 (rare) • halt (v.): I. Milit. t. t.: 1. consisto, stĭti, stĭtum, 3: both armies h.'d, constitit utrumque agmen, Liv. 21, 46: to h. from flight, a fuga c., Liv. 10, 36, med.: Caes. (But consisto often signifies to take up a position, stand one's ground: Caes.: Liv.) 2. agmen constĭtuo, ui, ūtum, 3 (to cause to h.; said of the general): he made his army h. a little while, paulisper agmen constituit, Sall. Jug. 49, fin.: Liv.: simly., signa constituere, Liv. 33, 10. (N.B.--Not itinere desisto, which is to give over a march: v. Caes. B. G. 5, 11: subsisto is to pause, with the intention of going on again almost immediately: v. to stop.) II. To hesitate: haereo, haesĭto: v. to falter. III. To limp; whether lit. or fig.: 1. claudĭco, 1: to h. in one's gait, incessu c., Justin. 6, 2: Cic.: Suet. Fig.: friendship seems as it were to h., amicitia quasi c. videtur, Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 69: if our style h.s at all, si quid in nostra oratione c., Cic. de Or. 3, 51, 198. 2. claudeo or claudo, 2 and 3 (rare): in fig. sense = to be defective, Cic. Tusc. 5, 8, 22. (N.B.--Acc. to analogy the verb should be of the second conj.)