Latin

Alternative forms

• rhonchus

Noun

roncus m ‎(genitive ronci); second declension

1. a croak
   • c. 123–180 AD — Lucius 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

Inflection

Second declension.