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singultu

Dictionary entries

  • singultio, singultire, -, singultus:

    Verb · 4th conjugation

    Frequency:
    Very Rare
    Dictionary:
    Lewis & Short

    = hiccup; sob; cluck; (see also singulto);

    Entry →
    abl. sg.
  • singultus, singultus:

    Masculine · Noun · 4th declension

    Frequency:
    Lesser

    = sobbing; convulsive catching of breath;

    Entry →
    abl. sg.
    dat. sg.

Examples

  • Publius Papinius Statius

    Liber Nonus

    Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID

    "...ibat purpureus niueo de pectore sanguis. tandem haec singultu uerba incidente profatur: 'labimur, i, miseram, Dorceu, solare parentem..."
  • P

    Liber III

    P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics

    "...alto spiritus, interdum gemitu grauis, imaque longo ilia singultu tendunt, it naribus ater sanguis, et obsessas fauces premit..."
  • P

    Amores III

    Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores

    "...manu! excipiunt lacrimas sparsi per colla capilli, oraque singultu concutiente sonant. fratris in Aeneae sic illum funere dicunt..."
  • P

    Liber III

    Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE

    "...humi plerumque stratus, lacera veste, pectus atque ora singultu quatiens. id ipsum apud infensos incitamentum erat, tamquam nimius..."

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