I.to stand still in the middle; trop., to stop in the midst, to make a pause in speaking (perhaps only in Quint.); “of a speaker: indecentissime,” Quint. 8, 3, 45: “ut intersistat fatigatus,” id. 12, 11, 2; 10, 7, 10; “of discourse: oratio,” id. 9, 4, 33.— Pass. impers.: “quasi intersistatur,” Quint. 9, 4, 36; so, “ubi clausulis non intersistitur,” id. 9, 4, 106.
inter-sisto , stĭti, 3, v. n.,