singultus

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English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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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.

Esperanto

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Verb

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singultus

  1. conditional of singulti

Latin

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Etymology

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Unknown origin.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

Declension

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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

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Descendants

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References

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  • 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.