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Latin
Etymology
From haereō (“cling, hold fast”) + -titō.
Pronunciation
Verb
haesitō (present infinitive haesitāre, perfect active haesitāvī, supine haesitātum); first conjugation
- to remain fixed in place
- to hesitate; to be uncertain
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References
- “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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to stop short, hesitate: haerere, haesitare (Catil. 2. 6. 13)