Singultus, huius singultus, m. g. Plin. Yexing: sobbing.Ciere singultus. Catul. To make to yexe.Coactans membra singultus, Lucret.Concutiente fingulru sonant ora.Ouid.Frequens singultus corripit neruos. Lucret. Singultu medios impediente sonos Ouid.Longis singultibus ilia pulsat, Virg.Ruptáque singultu verba loquentis erant. Ouid, And hir words were interrupted with sobbing.Ilia tendere singultu.Virg.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
singultus, ūs, m. [singuli, and hence, an uttering of single sounds]. I.Lit., a sobbing, speech interrupted by sobs (class.); sing.: multas lacrimas et fletum cum singultu videre potuisti, Cic. Planc. 31, 76; Lucr. 6, 1160; Ov. M. 11, 420; id. Tr. 1, 3, 42; Tac. H. 3, 10 al.—Plur., Cat. 64, 131; Ov. M. 6, 509; Hor. C. 3, 27, 74.—As a disease, hiccups, Sen. Ep. 47, 3; Plin. 20, 17, 73, 189; 21, 18, 72, 120; 23, 1, 27, 54 al.— II.Transf., a rattling in the throat of dying persons, Verg. A. 9, 415; id. G. 3, 507; Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 11, 4.—Of the clucking of a hen, Col. 8, 5, 3; 8, 11, 15; Pall. 1, 28, 6.—Of the croaking of a raven, Plin. 18, 35, 87, 362.—Of the gurgling of water, Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 6.