adverb
singultim
singultim (comparative singultius, superlative singultissimē)
Classical[sɪŋˈɡʊɫ.tĩː]Ecclesiastical[siŋˈɡul.tim]
Meaning
- sobbingly, haltingly
singultim. adv. from singultus; cf.: furtim, partim, etc.,
I. sobbingly: μετά λυγμοῦ, Hor. S. 1, 6, 56 (others less correctly make it = singulatim, singillatim, singly):
lamentabiles questus singultim instrepebat, App. M p. 127, 36.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
singultim adv.
singultus, sobbingly : pauca locutus, i. e. hesitatingly , H.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tim Proto-Italic *-tim Latin -tim Latin singultim From singultus (“sobbing, speech interupted by sobs”) + -tim.