English → Latin
“halt” in Latin
subsistōto halt or stop; to sustain, support a thing, to be adequate to; to hold out, withstand, opposecōnsistōto stop, stand, halt; to pause, linger; to hardenmānusgoodmaneōto stay, remain, abide; to await, wait for, expect (be in store for); to waitclaudicātiōlimping
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
halt
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).
halt s.
e.g., to make a halt [Vid. HALT, v.] .
The act of limping, claudicatio.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for halt?
- The usual Latin words for “halt” are subsistō, cōnsistō, mānus; also maneō, claudicātiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.