roncus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Noun

roncus m (genitive roncī); second declension

  1. a croak
    • c. 123–180 ADLucius Apuleius Platonicus, Metamorphoses, 1.9
      et nunc senex ille dolio innatans vini sui adventores pristinos in faece submissus officiosis roncis raucus appellat
      and now the poor wretch swimming in one of his own pipes of wine, and being well nigh drowned in the dregs, doth cry and call with croakings continually for his old guests and acquaintance that pass by

Declension

Second-declension noun.