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Italian
Etymology
From singultire + -io (frequentative).
Noun
singultio m (plural singultii) (literary)
- insistent or repeated sob
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Related to singultus and singultō, of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
Verb
singultiō (present infinitive singultīre); fourth conjugation, no perfect or supine stem
- to hiccup
- to sob
- to cluck
- to throb, palpitate
- Synonym: palpitō
Conjugation
References
- singultio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “singultio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- singultio in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung