singultio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

singultĭo, īre, v. n. [singultus].

I To hiccup : aut bilem vomunt aut singultiunt, Cels. 5, 26, 19; Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 48; to sob , Ap. Met. 3, 10, 10.—*

B Transf., of a hen, to cluck , Col. 8, 11, 15.—*

II Transf., to throb with pleasure: vena, Pers. 6, 72.