German

Noun

Singultus m

1. (medicine) singultus (hiccups)

Synonyms

• (colloquial) Schluckauf

English

Noun

singultus ‎(usually uncountable, plural singultuses)

1. (medicine) hiccups.

Latin

Etymology

Unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sinˈɡul.tus/, [sɪŋˈɡʊɫ.tʊs]

Noun

singultus m ‎(genitive singultūs); fourth declension

1. Sobbing, speech interrupted by sobs.
2. (by extension) A rattling in the throat; clucking (of a hen); croaking (of a raven); gurgling (of water).
3. death rattle

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Derived terms

• singultim
• singultiō
• singultō

Descendants

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “singultus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.