raucitas, ātis, f. id.. 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.
— Transf. A snoring, Mart. Cap. 8, § 804.
— Of the hoarse sound of the tuba, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 269.