stand-still Copy link • stand-still: Phr.. the profligate was at a s., haerebat nebulo, Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 74: the speech comes to a s., oratio haeret in salebra, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84: the sedition coming to a s., stupente seditione, Liv. 28, 25: the whole conduct of the war was at a s., omnis administratio belli constitit, Caes. B. C. 2, 12: v. stand (subs.).