Lewis Short
(verb) : singulto, no
* Perf., ātum, 1, and a. [id.].
* Neutr., to hiccup; to sob: singultantium modo,Quint. 10, 7, 10.
* 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.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary