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

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.

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
    • 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:
  • Vulgar Latin: suggluttium (blended with gluttiō)
  • 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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