pause (v.) Copy link Outline 1. subsisto, stĭti, 3 (to halt, stop short)2. interquiesco, ēvi, ētum, 3 (to rest a while before going on with anything)3. expr. by intermitto, mīsi, ssum, 3 (to discontinue for a time) • pause (v.): 1. subsisto, stĭti, 3 (to halt, stop short): Quint. 4, 5, 20 (in dicendo). 2. interquiesco, ēvi, ētum, 3 (to rest a while before going on with anything): when I had spoken thus far, and p.d a little, quum haec dixissem et paullum interquiessem, Cic. Br. 23, 91. 3. expr. by intermitto, mīsi, ssum, 3 (to discontinue for a time): not to p. in work for a moment, nullum omnino tempus ab opere int., Caes. B. G. 7, 24.