halter Copy link Outline 1. căpistrum (for animals)2. fūnis, restis3. lăqueus (a noose • halter: 1. căpistrum (for animals): Varr.: Virg. Fig.: of the marriage tie, maritale c., Juv. 6, 43. 2. fūnis, restis: v. rope. 3. lăqueus (a noose: hence, a rope for hanging): to put a h. about one's neck, collum in laqueum inserere, Cic. Verr. 4, 17, 37; laqueo innectere fauces, Ov. Met. 10, 378: v. to hang.