singultus

From early 15th century. Learned borrowing from Latin singultus, of unknown origin.

singultus (plural singultuses or singultus)

1. (obsolete) A fit of gasping or convulsive breathing.
2. (obsolete) A sob; a speech broken by sobs.
3. (uncountable, medicine, otherwise obsolete) The hiccups; diaphragmatic myoclonus.

singultus

1. conditional of singulti

Unknown origin.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sinˈɡul.tus/, [s̠ɪŋˈɡʊɫ̪t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sinˈɡul.tus/, [siŋˈɡul̪t̪us]

singultus m (genitive singultūs); fourth declension

1. sobbing, speech interrupted by sobs.
2. hiccup
3. (by extension) A rattling in the throat; clucking (of a hen); croaking (of a raven); gurgling (of water).
4. death rattle

Fourth-declension noun.

• singultim
• singultiō
• singultō
• suggluttium (Vulgar Latin)

• “singultus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “singultus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• singultus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.