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