English → Latin
“stand-still” in Latin
statiōoutpost, picket; station; watchinstĭtĭoa standing stillstēllaa star; (poetic) a constellation; a star shape, a figure of a star; a bright point on a precious stonecōnsistōto stop, stand, halt; to pause, linger; to hardeninhaerēscōto (begin to) stick fast, cleave, adhere
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
stand-still
statio: institio (general terms, but especially of the apparent standing still of certain stars, stellarum). To be at a stand-still, consistere; vestigio haerere (not to be able to walk on); in dicendo deficere (in a speech); in aliqua re haerescere or inhaerescere; nescio quid agam or quo me vertam (of not knowing what to do); nescio quomodo me expediam: business is at a stand-still, mercatura jacet or friget; negotia jacent: everything is at a stand-still, omnia tamquam in quodam incili adhaeserunt (caelius, ap. Cic., Fam., 8, 5).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for stand-still?
- The usual Latin words for “stand-still” are statiō, instĭtĭo, stēlla; also cōnsistō, inhaerēscō. 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.