singulto

singulto, no perf., ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [id.].

I.

Neutr., to hiccup; to sob:

singultantium modo,

Quint. 10, 7, 10.—

B.

Transf., poet., of persons dying, to rattle in the throat, Verg. A. 9, 333; Sil. 2, 362; 1, 388; Val. Fl. 2, 211.—Of speech interrupted with sobs:

verba singultantia,

Stat. S. 5, 5, 26; Calp. Ecl. 6, 22.—Of water flowing from an orifice, to gurgle, Sid. Ep. 2, 2 med. —

II.

Act.: animam, to breathe out with sobs, to gasp away with short sobs or rattling in the throat, Ov. M. 5, 134:

in limine vitae animas,

Stat. Th. 5, 261:

et singultatis oscula mixta sonis,

Ov. Tr. 3, 5, 16.