ravus
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
Latin > English
ravus rava, ravum ADJ :: grayish, tawny
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
rāvus: a, um, adj. root ru-; Sanscr. aru-, to bellow; Lat. rudens, etc.; cf. raucus,
I 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,
I 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, 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 severai times of the eyes, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 4; 9, 3; cf.: orbes ravi coloris, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(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.
Latin > German (Georges)
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.
