noun

haesĭtātĭo

gen. haesĭtātōnis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd

a hesitating

a hesitating (rare but good prose).

a stammering •

Of speech, a stammering: qui timor! quae dubitatio! quanta haesitatio tractusque verborum! Cic. de Or. 2, 50, 202: deformis, Quint. 11, 2, 48.—

Mental uncertainty; irresolution; perplexity •

Mental uncertainty, irresolution, perplexity, embarrassment, hesitation (rare but class.): si facile inveneris quid dicas, noli ignoscere haesitationi meae, Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 2: non mediocris haesitatio est, hinc justitiae proposita imagine, inde pietatis, Quint. 12, 1, 40; 11, 2, 48: haesitationem attulit tempus et locus, Tac. H. 1, 39; Sen. Vit. Beat. 8, 5; Plin. Ep. 6, 27, 1.

Perseus ID: n20139 Key: haesitatio