raucitas

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

raucĭtas, ātis, f. [raucus].

1 Hoarseness , raucity (not ante-Aug.), Cels. 2, 1 med. ; Scrib. Comp. 184; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 53; and in plur., id. 22, 23, 49, § 104.—

2 Transf.

α A snoring , Mart. Cap. 8, § 804.—

β Of the hoarse sound of the tuba, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 269.