singultus

See also: Singultus

English

Etymology

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

Noun

singultus (plural singultuses or singultus)

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

Esperanto

Verb

singultus

conditional of singulti

Latin

Etymology

Unknown origin.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

singultus m (genitive singultūs); fourth declension

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

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	singultus	singultūs
Genitive	singultūs	singultuum
Dative	singultuī	singultibus
Accusative	singultum	singultūs
Ablative	singultū	singultibus
Vocative	singultus	singultūs

Derived terms

Descendants

Vulgar Latin: *singluttus (blended with gluttiō)
- Italo-Romance
  - Italian: singhiozzo
- Padanian:
  - Piedmontese: sangiut, sangiuk
  - Lombard: sanglot, sangiot, sangot, hanglòt, sanducc (?)
  - Emilian: sangiut, sangiòç, singiòç; sanducc (?), sanduch (?)
  - Romagnol: singiòt, sciangòç, singòç, sangoç
  - Friulian: sangloç
  - Romansch: singlut, sanglut, sanglot, sangluot
  - Venetan: sangiuto, sangiut, sangioto, sangiot
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
  - Franco-Provençal: sanglyot
  - French: sanglot
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
  - Catalan: sanglot, singlot
  - Occitan: sanglòt, senglot
Vulgar Latin: suggluttium (blended with gluttiō)
- Aromanian: sugljits
- Asturian: sollutu
- Galician: salouco
- Old Galician-Portuguese: solluço
  - Portuguese: soluço
    - Portuguese: saluço (dialectal)
- Romanian: sughiț
- Sicilian: sugghiuzzu
- Spanish: sollozo
Sardinian: tzicculittu, succuttu, singurtu
→ Italian: singulto
→ Portuguese: singulto
→ Spanish: singulto
→ English: singultus
→ German: Singultus

References

“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.

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