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.)
halt (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Of an armyII. A flaw in a rhythmical composition • halt (subs.): I. Of an army: expr. by verb: to come to a h., to command a h., consistere, agmen constituere: v. to halt. II. A flaw in a rhythmical composition: expr. by verb or adj.: there will be a h. in the verse, numerus claudus erit: cf. Gell. 4, 7: v. halting, to halt.
HALT Copy link • HALT 1. Of an army, (α) TRANS.; to halt his army, milites etc., consistere jubere (to give the command to halt): agmen constituere (Sall. and Liv.); signa constituere (Liv.). (β) INTRANS.; (or absolutely) subsistere: consistere (especially on a march): sistere iter (to stop one’s march, anywhere, ad aliquem locum). Halt! (as command), consiste (consistite!); mane (manete!). To hesitate, Vid: To limp; e.g., anything halts, claudicat or claudit aliquid (i. e., does not stand well, does not get on as it should; also IMPROP., aliquid claudicat in oratione; claudicat hic versus; ☞ “a halting sonnet,” Shaks.); vacillat aliquid (i. e., does not stand firm; e.g., justice); (The words are found in this connection and order.) aliquid vacillat et claudicat: claudum esse (to be halting). 2. s. e.g., to make a halt [Vid. HALT, v.] . The act of limping, claudicatio.
Halt Copy link Halt, der, bildl.; z.B. allen H. verlieren, fluere, diffluere (gleichs. zerfließen, durch etw., alqā re, z.B. luxu, otio); frangi (gleichs. gebrochen werden = allen Mut verlieren): an od. durch etwas seinen H. gewinnen, alqā re firmari.