suggluttium

Latin

Alternative forms

  • sugglutium, subglutium, sugglutius, subgluttum

Etymology

Attested in some late glosses. Probably from an alteration of singultus with influence from gluttiō (swallow), or perhaps derived from sugglutiō.

Noun

suggluttium n (genitive suggluttiī or suggluttī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. hiccup
  2. sob

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative suggluttium suggluttia
genitive suggluttiī
suggluttī1
suggluttiōrum
dative suggluttiō suggluttiīs
accusative suggluttium suggluttia
ablative suggluttiō suggluttiīs
vocative suggluttium suggluttia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

  • Aromanian: sugljits
  • Asturian: sollutu
  • Calabrian: sogliuttu, suggiuttu, sugliuzzu
  • Galician: salouco, saluco, zaluco
  • Neapolitan: selluzzo
  • Portuguese: soluço
  • Romanian: sughiț
  • Sicilian: sugghiuzzu, suttugghiu
  • Spanish: sollozo