ravus

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

rāvus, a, um, adj. [root ru-; Sanscr. aru-, to bellow; Lat. rudens, etc.; cf. raucus],

hoarse : rava vox rauca et parum liquida, proxime canum latratum sonans, Paul. ex Fest. p. 283 Müll. So in only a single (post-class.) example: ciere ravos Cantus, Sid. Ep. 8, 11 in carm. fin.

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