singultus

See also: Singultus

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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

Verb

singultus

1. 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

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

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

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

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
    • Venetian: 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.