boatus

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

bŏātus, ūs, m. [boo],

a loud crying , a bellowing or roaring : praeconis, Ap. Met. 3, 3, 1; Aus. Idyll. 20, 2; Mart. Cap. 2, § 98.