ravus

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.

rāvus, a, um, adj. [for hravus, ghrav-us; root in Sanscr. gar-an; Gr. γέρων, senex; cf.: γῆρας, γραῦς; O. H. Germ. grā; Engl. gray],

• gray-yellow, gray, tawny (rare but class.): ravi coloris appellantur, qui sunt inter flavos et caesios, Paul. ex Fest. p. 272 Müll.. (mare illud) nobismet ipsis modo caeruleum videbatur, mane ravum, Cic. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 33, 105 Goer. N. cr. (cited in Non. 164, 14): fulix, id. poët. Div. 1, 8, 14 (al. cana): lupa, Hor. C. 3, 27, 3. Said several times of the eyes, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 4; 9, 3; cf.: orbes ravi coloris, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148.

rāvus, a, um (vgl. ahd. grāo, grāwēr, grau), I) grau, graufarbig, graugelb, oculli, Varro u. Fest.: ravi coloris orbes (Augensterne), Plin.: lupa, mit graugelben Augen, Hor.: so auch leones, Hor.: u. dei, Arnob. Vgl. Haupt opusc. 3, 346 sq. – II) heiser, Sidon. epist. 8, 11, 4 u. 8, 9, 3.

ravus [CL] , a colour between grey and yellow, tawny. b (as sb. m., understood as) werewolf (cf. Hor. Carm. III 27. 3: rava ‥ lupa). ~us, -a, -um, i. color ille qui est inter flavum et cesium Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 499; 1553 de ~a chamleta (v. camelotus).  b a warwolfe, ravus CathA.

1 rāvus, (14) a, um, gris [tirant sur le jaune] : Cic. Ac. 2, 105 ; Hor. O. 3, 27, 3, cf. P. Fest. 272.

2 rāvus, a, um (ravis), enroué, rauque : Sid. Ep. 8, 11, 4.

rāvus adj.,

• gray-yellow, gray, tawny: mare: lupa, H.