singultus
See also: Singultus
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin.
Noun edit
singultus (usually uncountable, plural singultuses)
Esperanto edit
Verb edit
singultus
- conditional of singulti
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Unknown origin.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sinˈɡul.tus/, [s̠ɪŋˈɡʊɫ̪t̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sinˈɡul.tus/, [siŋˈɡul̪t̪us]
Noun edit
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 edit
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 edit
- singultim
- singultiō
- singultō
- suggluttium (Vulgar Latin)
Descendants edit
- 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
- Venetian: sangiuto, sangiut, sangioto, sangiot
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Italo-Romance
- Vulgar Latin: suggluttium (blended with gluttiō)
- Sardinian: tzicculittu, succuttu, singurtu
- → Italian: singulto
- → Portuguese: singulto
- → Spanish: singulto
- → English: singultus
- → German: Singultus
References edit
- “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.