Latin

edit

Etymology

edit

    From haereō (cling, hold fast) + -titō.

    Pronunciation

    edit

    Verb

    edit

    haesitō (present infinitive haesitāre, perfect active haesitāvī, supine haesitātum); first conjugation

    1. to remain fixed in place
    2. to hesitate; to be uncertain

    Conjugation

    edit

    Derived terms

    edit
    edit

    Descendants

    edit

    References

    edit
    • haesito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • haesito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • haesito”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to stop short, hesitate: haerere, haesitare (Catil. 2. 6. 13)