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|lshtext=<b>pausa</b>: ae, f., = [[παῦσις]]> [[root]] in [[παύω]]>, to [[cause]] to [[cease]], to [[stop]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[pause]], [[halt]], [[stop]], [[cessation]], [[end]] ([[ante]]- and [[post]]-[[class]]. for [[quies]], [[finis]], etc.): [[Neptunus]] [[saevus]] undis asperis pausam dedit, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Sat. v. 11 Vahl.): pausam facere [[ore]] fremendi, id. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 104 (Ann. v. 572 ib.); cf.: quae [[pausa]] pugnandi fieret, id. ap. Philarg. ad Verg. G. 4, 188 (Ann. v. 348 ib.): pausam [[dare]] loquendi, Lucil. ap. Non. 158, 9; Att. ib. 158, 8: pausam facere, Plaut. Poen. 2, 13; id. Rud. 4, 6, 1: da pausam, [[parce]] [[misero]], id. Pers. 5, 2, 37: vitaï, Lucr. 3, 930: [[dare]] pausam conciliis, id. 2, 119: pausam [[stare]] fragori, id. 1, 747: [[pausa]] parva [[fit]] ardoris, id. 4, 1116: bibendae nivis, Gell. 19, 5, 4: pausam pacemque tribuere [[saevis]] casibus, App. M. 11, p. 357, 40 (in Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 150, the true [[read]]. is παῦσαι).—<br /><b>II</b> In partic., in the [[later]] relig. lang.: pausas edere, in the processions of [[Isis]], to [[stop]] at [[certain]] stations and [[sing]] hymns in [[honor]] of the [[goddess]], Spart. Caracall. 9 fin.; so, pausas explere, id. Pescen. 6; cf. [[pausarius]], II.
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