catch the breath, gasp; hiccup; sob, utter with sobs
Latin word, found 11 times in the texts on Socratos.
Vergil, Aeneid 9.333: sanguine singultantem; atro tepefacta cruore
Ovid, Tristia 3.5.16: et singultatis oscula mixta sonis.
Statius, Thebais 5.261: singultant animas, gelida non sacvius Ossa
All forms of singulto