pause (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. intermissio; or by circuml. with intermitto2. intercăpēdo, ĭnis, f. (not frequent)3. expr. by subsisto, stĭti, 3 (to make a p., come to a p.) • pause (subs.): 1. intermissio; or by circuml. with intermitto: v. intermission. 2. intercăpēdo, ĭnis, f. (not frequent): no p. (intermission) of worry, nulla int. molestiae, Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 61: Plin. min. 3. expr. by subsisto, stĭti, 3 (to make a p., come to a p.): to make a p. in speaking, [in dicendo] s., Quint. 4, 5, 20: v. to pause. (Pausa obsol.: Lucr.: Pl.) Phr.: to mark the p.s in a verse, versum distinguere, Quint. 1, 8, 1.